Jecks take over Bonn The largest Bonn Rose Monday parade ever

Bonn · 3400 Jecks on foot, 820 participants on 89 floats, 28 music groups and a 3.8 kilometre route. The UN will be there for the first time and the General Anzeiger will be livestreaming on kamelle.de.

25.02.2017 Bonn. Carnival revellers in Bonn can look forward to the biggest parade ever on Rose Monday with 5200 participants. The parade kicks off at 12 noon under the motto “Bonn met Hätz.”

Participants will include a group from the Carnevale di Venezia with their Venetian masks and costumes, taking part for the twentieth time this year. One of the highlights of the Bonn carnival, the storming of the town hall by the Prince and Bonna, happens today, Sunday.

The parade in numbers: 3400 Jecks will be on foot, 820 will be on the 89 Carnival floats and there will be 28 music groups. The parade route is 3.8 kilometres long from Thomas-Mann-Straße via the Münster-, Markt- and Friedensplatz and then towards Kölnstraße to the Altstadt. There will be 19 commentary positions for those wanting to know more about what is happening.

There is lots of new music. The VIO Marching Band from Holland is taking part for the first time. The choir Bönnsche Pänz is another highlight with Joe Tillmann and his team accompanied by 30 children.

The Bonn cathedral construction association will have a float showing the ailing cathedral and bringing attention to the repair works that will probably start this year. The GOP Variety Theatre Bonn, based in the World Conference Center Bonn since last year, is also taking part for the first time. A group with more than 30 revellers will be taking part from the Pütchens Markt, which celebrates its 650 anniversary this year.

The UN-Funken Bonn, formed this year, is also a new participant. It represents the 19 UN organisations based in Bonn and was formed on Friday 13 January at 4pm precisely on the 21 floor of Langer Eugen. The festival committee comprises 34 founding members from Cameroon, the Philippines, Ireland, Columbia, Australia and Serbia among other countries. They even have their own princess, UNiversa Nora I (Dineen).

The largest group will again be the Circus Comicus from Bad Honnef which has registered 250 clowns on foot and a further 40 participants on eight floats.

Those not able to see the parade live can watch on the internet at www.kamelle.de where GA reporter Holger Willcke will be presenting a live-stream. A special commentary position will also be set up at the Stifts Church where reporters will commentate on the parade for the blind and visually impaired. The Bonn parade is the only one in NRW that offers this service. There will be a rostrum for wheelchair users with toilets for the disabled for the first time in the Marktplatz. The Carnival committee will also set up a service in the Old Town Hall where parents can collect lost offspring.

Safety is also a priority this year. Entry points will be barred by mobile roadblocks for the first time and there will be a heavy police presence to protect the Rose Monday parade. Police are also asking people not to wear costumes designed to make people feel insecure and frightened and to leave toy weapons, ammunition belts and similar items at home.

(Original text: Richard Bongartz. Translated by Kate Carey)

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