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===Germany=== {{lang|de|Weiberfastnacht}} is an unofficial holiday in the [[Rhineland]].<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4220268/tyrone_daily_herald/ "Attack of the Giant Bananas: Germany Kicks off Carnival"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513055143/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4220268/tyrone_daily_herald/ |date=May 13, 2016 }} ''Tyrone Daily Herald'' (February 7, 1996): 9. via [[Newspapers.com]] {{open access}}</ref> At the majority of workplaces, work ends before noon. Celebrations start at 11:11 am in Germany. In comparison with [[Rosenmontag]], there are hardly any parades, but people wear costumes and celebrate in pubs and in the streets.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4220180/weiberfastnacht_in_1972/ "Mark in Germany"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513055133/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4220180/weiberfastnacht_in_1972/ |date=May 13, 2016 }} ''Lake Park News'' (March 2, 1972): 7. via [[Newspapers.com]] {{open access}}</ref> {{lang|de|Beueler Weiberfastnacht}} ("women's carnival in Beuel") is traditionally celebrated in the [[Bonn]] district of Beuel.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4220218/weiberfastnacht_in_beuel_1959/ "This was 'Weiberfastnacht,' and Milady Held the Reins"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512235006/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4220218/weiberfastnacht_in_beuel_1959/ |date=May 12, 2016 }} ''Salt Lake Tribune'' (February 6, 1959): 35. via [[Newspapers.com]] {{open access}}</ref> The tradition is said to have started here in 1824, when local women first formed their own "carnival committee". The symbolic storming of the Beuel town hall is broadcast live on TV. In many towns across the state of [[North Rhine Westphalia]], a ritual "takeover" of the town halls by local women has become tradition. Among other established customs, on that day women cut off the ties of men, which are seen as a symbol of men's status. The men wear the stumps of their ties and get a {{lang|de|Bützchen}} (little kiss) as compensation.<ref>Petra Pluwatsch: Weiberfastnacht – Die Geschichte eines ganz besonderen Tages. KiWi, Köln, {{ISBN|978-3-462-03805-7}}</ref>
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