It's fascinating to see how deeply embedded Fasnacht is in the local culture, especially when you live in the heart of it. My kids are always talking about it all year round, eager to play the drum themselves. You can hear the music of drums and pipes weekly in the evening as people practice, preparing for those three days. It’s truly a life-long commitment for many and absolutely beautiful when it starts out of noth…
It is also just rammed with tourists getting drunk and blasting bad schlager music on the non-main parts of the parade.
It's fun to see once as an adult, but repeatedly? It's just an excuse to get plastered under the guise of a cultural celebration.
Probably how Irish people feel about the over-commercialization St Patricks day.