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Cologne - who celebrates is proscribed: Some great Cologne's carnival associations boycott the "Kölschfest" tent on Südstadion. If a guardsman or radio there still in uniform seen again, he is reprimanded by his club board.
The waves were high even before the official Kölschfest opening on Friday: "This is Ballermann Carnival. The destroys our events, but has nothing to do with Customs to "thundered the traditionalists - and lay down for now. Wallpott Markus, president of the Civic Guard blue and gold: "There is an agreement between the presidents and commanders, that we do not support the event. We will not show up there in our uniforms, give the whole not official. Since we are all agreed. "
Prinzengarde-writer Joseph Lutter goes further: "There is only about booze. For example, a tent is not necessary at Cologne. "Do not know what the majority of clubs: In advance, the Party had been involved with the organizer Constantine Brovot that no artist, but only a chapel hall book - so that traditional meetings with admission anyway attractive for revelers remain.
The corps, however, little interested in the tradition. Old Town boss Hans Kölschbach: "We promote the tradition. The carnival has no place in a giant tent. "
Kölschbach also a fear damage to their image of his corps: "We do not yet know whether the event is the largest Boxbude Cologne." Alfred Kroll, managing director of Nippeser militia would agree with this: "We maintain the session Carnival."
The organizers of the festival Koelsch appear unaffected by the boycott: "There are different opinions about this format," said spokeswoman Tina Koch. "But the budget for the revelers are scarce. Even by the Corps tradition, we have already received some reservations. "
