Video taken in Basel, Switzerland, shows a street procession featuring a lantern with Trump's likeness on a giant, colorfully painted middle finger, surrounded by participants wearing masks shaped ...

The Rhine spirit is vividly expressed every spring at the three-day Basel Carnival, which transforms the city streets into a river of painted lanterns, colourful masks and creative costumes ...

Basel (Switzerland) (AFP) – Revellers in fancy costumes lit up the freezing streets of Basel in the early hours of Monday as Switzerland's biggest carnival returned for the first time since 2019 ...

Basel Fasnacht is one of the world’s oldest, dating back to 1376. Its start was switched to the Monday after Ash Wednesday in 1757 – and no one seems quite sure why it takes place in the week ...

For three days each winter, the conservative populace of Basel takes to the streets, something they have been doing since the Middle Ages.Traditionally, Carnival provides a last chance to let off ...

At the stroke of 4am on Monday, the street lights went out in Basel's city centre for the carnival kick-off, known as Morgenstreich. In dry weather, Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT ...

Banking secrecy and the Libyan affair will be the butt of jokes at Switzerland's best known carnival, the Fasnacht of Basel, that begins on Monday. The head of the organising committee, Felix ...

Basel Carnival is the largest carnival in Switzerland. Starting on the Monday following Ash Wednesday, the carnival includes parades, concerts and lantern exhibitions, and can be compared to a huge ...

Basel’s carnival is underpinned by unsparing social satire, in the masks and shining from painted lanterns. Targets come from Basel, Switzerland at large, neighbouring countries and the full ...

It’s nearly 4 a.m on a chilly Monday. The crowd packing the Marktplatz in front of the red brick town hall in Basel, Switzerland, is feeling restive.

The Basel Fasnacht (carnival) parade began on Monday in dry weather. The clubs, floats and bands presented their motifs to the crowds. This . Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT.