{"id":2056,"date":"2014-03-04T11:00:06","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rhworldimagery.wordpress.com\/?p=2056"},"modified":"2015-04-02T15:46:39","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T15:46:39","slug":"the-scary-masks-of-fastnacht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/04\/the-scary-masks-of-fastnacht\/","title":{"rendered":"The scary masks of Fastnacht"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the last day before Lent and the culmination of vibrant carnivals across the world. Whilst Rio might win the prize for the most spectacular, Fastnacht, the pre-Lenten carnival celebrated in parts of Germany, Switzerland, Alsace and Austria could take the title of most scary. Here are some of our favourite photos of\u00a0carnival-goers parading down the streets in terrifying masks.<\/p>\n<p>Parade at Swabian Fastnacht in Lindau, Bavaria, Germany (Image Broker\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=fastnacht\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Swabian Fastnacht (carnival), Lindau, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305510.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Fastnacht at Ravensburg, Allgaeu, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (Image Broker\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=fastnacht\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Swabian Fastnacht (carnival), Ravensburg, Allgaeu, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305542.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An old woman mask in Fastnacht, Lindau, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany (Image Broker\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=fastnacht\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2058\" alt=\"Swabian Fastnacht (carnival), Lindau, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305504.jpg\" width=\"321\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305504.jpg 321w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305504-164x245.jpg 164w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305504-227x340.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Terrifying cats at Fastnacht in Lindau, Bavaria, Germany (Image Broker\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=fastnacht\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2060\" alt=\"Swabian Fastnacht (carnival), Lindau, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305509.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305509.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305509-366x245.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Witches at Alemannic Fasnacht, Freiburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany (Image Broker\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=fastnacht\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alemannic Fasnacht, witches, Freiburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-216903.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>People wearing masks at Fasnacht carnival, Imst, Austria (Adam Woolfitt\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=fastnacht\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2062\" alt=\"People wearing masks, one with a tall pointed hat, Fasnacht carnival, Imst, Austria, Europe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/508-111.jpg\" width=\"321\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/508-111.jpg 321w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/508-111-164x245.jpg 164w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/508-111-227x340.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Strange creatures at Lindau, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany (Image Broker\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=fastnacht\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2064\" alt=\"Swabian Fastnacht (carnival), Lindau, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305483.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305483.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305483-366x245.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ravensburg, Allgaeu, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (Image Broker\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=fastnacht\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2065\" alt=\"Swabian Fastnacht (carnival), Ravensburg, Allgaeu, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305555.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305555.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305555-368x245.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sinister men at Ravensburg, Allgaeu, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (Image Broker\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=fastnacht\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2067\" alt=\"Swabian Fastnacht (carnival), Lindau, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305499.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305499.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305499-366x245.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Planet of the apes at Fastnacht, Ravensburg, Allgaeu, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (Image Broker\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=fastnacht\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2068\" alt=\"Swabian Fastnacht (carnival), Ravensburg, Allgaeu, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305531.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305531.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305531-368x245.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flames at Fastnacht in Ravensburg, Allgaeu, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (Image Broker\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=fastnacht\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2069\" alt=\"Swabian Fastnacht (carnival), Lindau, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305479.jpg\" width=\"321\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305479.jpg 321w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305479-164x245.jpg 164w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305479-227x340.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Men with corn eyebrows, Allgaeu, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (Image Broker\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=fastnacht\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2070\" alt=\"Swabian carnival, Lindau, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305433.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305433.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305433-366x245.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Swabian-Alemannic Fasnacht in Konstanz, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=fastnacht\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2073\" alt=\"Carnival parade, Swabian-Alemannic Fasnacht in Konstanz, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-96075.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-96075.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-96075-163x245.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-96075-227x340.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Swabian Fastnacht, Ravensburg, Allgaeu, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (Image Broker\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=fastnacht\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2076\" alt=\"Swabian Fastnacht (carnival), Lindau, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305502.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305502.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305502-366x245.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A green man at Ravensburg, Allgaeu, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (Image Broker\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=fastnacht\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Swabian Fastnacht (carnival), Lindau, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305451.jpg\" width=\"321\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just don&#8217;t look into its eyes. Ravensburg, Allgaeu, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (Image Broker\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=fastnacht\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2079\" alt=\"Swabian carnival, Lindau, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305437.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305437.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305437-163x245.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/832-305437-227x340.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more photos of Fastnacht <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=fastnacht\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the last day before Lent and the culmination of vibrant carnivals across the world. 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