For the second year in a row, the corona pandemic stops the high point of the crazy season in Mainz. There is no other option than to do without the Rose Monday procession, says the club president.
Mainz – In the fool’s metropolis Mainz, the Carnival Monday procession of the coming year has been canceled due to the pandemic.
The Mainz Carneval Association (MCV) as the organizer decided on Wednesday evening at a board meeting to forego the high point of the Carnival for the second year in a row due to the permanently tense Corona situation.
“We don’t make trains because we can’t make them,” said MCV President Reinhard Urban of the German Press Agency. According to the country’s current Corona regulation, only 10,000 viewers are allowed. Even in January and February, a regulation is not expected that would enable several hundred thousand people to celebrate together.
Postponed in Düsseldorf
In Düsseldorf, the Rose Monday procession had already been postponed at the beginning of December, from February 28 to May 29. In Mainz, such a postponement to an appointment after Ash Wednesday was ruled out, as was the case in Cologne. There has not yet been a decision on the Cologne Rose Monday procession.
Up to 2020, mostly half a million people flocked to the Mainz Rose Monday procession. The Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Malu Dreyer recently said: “In the current situation, you cannot imagine the Rose Monday procession.” Dpa
