Event - Carnaval Tongeren 2023

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Have you ever been to a carnaval parade? 

The Mad Hatter storms the streets

There are several genres. You've got the stylish & elegant Venetian style parades and there are those where the people take back the right to satire everything they see in the world around them.
The best known & biggest (105k spectators on Sunday) carnaval parade in my country is the carnaval in Aalst which happened at the same moment as the one in Tongeren. 

Carnaval in Wonderland

But I took my electric step and vroomed to the eldest city in Belgium: Atuatuca Tungrorum (founded 7 BC) and I enjoyed myself.

This. Is. Tongeren. Boot! #RememberThe300.De Charlies in Tongeren

Just like many other regions, Limburg has a rich carnaval history and you could really see the people yearn for this parade. The 2019 canaraval got cancelled last minute due to a storm. 2020-21 Had a pandemic. Apparently there was a tiny last-minute carnaval parade in 2022.. yet I seem to have missed it.. and not just me. Hence the recently invented Dutch word knaldrang was almost tangible in the air: people wanted to celebrate, show their creations and act adorably silly.
And they did.

A very fluo carnaval in Tongeren

All images of the people who posed & offered beer/Jägermeister are here on Flickr
2 short videos will follow on Clapper and on Instagram
Once all pictures are finished & online I'll put a notification on Facebook.

Video 1 on Clapper


The photo gallery with all all pictures:

Carnaval Tongeren (2023-2024)

Video 2 on Clapper  / on Instagram 






 More samples will follow below + check the Flickr photostream for all 206 photos.

Peace!














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