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Carnival revellers celebrate at 11:11 with tens of thousands the start of the carnival season in the streets of Cologne, Germany,

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Video. Cologne commemorates 200 years of carnival

Updated: 11/11/2022 - 20:58 GMT+1

Dubbed Germany’s 'fifth season' by locals, Cologne carnival starts every year on 11 November at 11:11am and stretches until Ash Wednesday in February or March.

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