Street parade: Carnival of cultures runs for the primary time within the east of Berlin | EUROtoday

For the primary time in its historical past, the standard transfer of the Carnival of Cultures in Friedrichshain began. According to the organizer, 68 teams with round 4,000 actors are on the Frankfurter Allee and Karl-Marx-Allee this time. The space is cordoned off.

In the run -up to the transfer, the police towed round 125 incorrectly parked autos. The route has been checked and automobiles have been applied since early morning, as a police spokeswoman mentioned. Due to a parking violation, the house owners need to count on an administrative offense process, and there may be additionally an bill for the towing prices.

Going firmly on Blucherplatz

In parallel to the highway parade, the road competition continues round Blucherplatz in Kreuzberg. The police immediately accompany the carnival with round 1,500 civil servants. Support comes from the police from Brandenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony.

The carnival of cultures, which at all times takes place on the Pentecost weekend, pulled by means of the streets of Kreuzberg for the primary time in 1996. As a results of racism and quite a few assaults, he ought to set an indication of range and peaceable coexistence.

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