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Puerto de la Cruz float joins Düsseldorf carnival parade

The town's carnival queen and her retinue rode through the German city on their own float, marking a friendship of some 50 years, while satirical floats around them took aim at Putin and Donald Trump.

Johannes Bornewasser

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Karneval Teneriffa Düsseldorf 2024 00 — Puerto de la Cruz and Düsseldorf have enjoyed a friendship spanning some 50 years. No wonder, then, that Puerto's Carnival Queen was a guest at Düsseldorf's Rosenmontag parade. Here's what the delegation from Tenerife got up to there...

Karneval Teneriffa Düsseldorf 2024 01 — Jacques Tilly is regarded as Germany's most scathing carnival artist. The themed floats created by this well-known artist often offer harsh criticism of current affairs. This was also the case in 2024. This float, for example, criticises the media's coverage of climate change.

Karneval Teneriffa Düsseldorf 2024 02 — Meanwhile, the local carnival revellers are proud of their friendship with Puerto de la Cruz. Accordingly, Tenerife is being celebrated on one of the floats in the Rose Monday parade.

Karneval Teneriffa Düsseldorf 2024 03 — Meanwhile, the political section of the carnival parade is criticising Vladimir Putin and his invasion of Ukraine.

Karneval Teneriffa Düsseldorf 2024 04 — The Russian Orthodox Church is not spared either. In the eyes of the artist Tilly, it is far too close to Putin.

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Karneval Teneriffa Düsseldorf 2024 05 — Yet, according to Tilly, Germany too has its political problems. This is how the ugly face of the AfD is laid bare.

Karneval Teneriffa Düsseldorf 2024 06 — And the US is also coming in for a bit of a bashing. Donald Trump is being linked to the swastika.

Karneval Teneriffa Düsseldorf 2024 07 — Meanwhile, Tenerife's carnival revellers are parading through Düsseldorf to the beat of samba rhythms.

Karneval Teneriffa Düsseldorf 2024 08 — The delegation from Puerto de la Cruz is represented on the Tenerife float.

Karneval Teneriffa Düsseldorf 2024 09 — , the Puertos Carnival Queen, and her first runner-up wave to the revellers lining the streets.

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Karneval Teneriffa Düsseldorf 2024 10 — And the royal household, too, is very pleased with the carnival performance.

Karneval Teneriffa Düsseldorf 2024 11 — As the carriage continues along the streets...

Karneval Teneriffa Düsseldorf 2024 12 — ...there is more criticism of current affairs.

Karneval Teneriffa Düsseldorf 2024 13 — This applies, for example, to Germany's Health Minister and his costly policies.

Karneval Teneriffa Düsseldorf 2024 14 — During the parade, Düsseldorf comes to a virtual standstill. When Carnival is celebrated in the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, the city outside the parade route is virtually deserted. And the same will soon be true of Puerto de la Cruz on Tenerife.

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