Political Satire At The Cologne Carnival

Rose Monday Carnival Preview In Cologne

A huge carnival procession will take place on Rose Monday, February 15, when hundreds of thousands of people all over Germany will celebrate.

The satirical papier-mache figures of the statue of liberty and U.S. President Barack Obama giving money to China’s President Hu Jintao
were part of a procession float seen during a preview in Cologne February 9th.

Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was also on show with his face appropriately perched between large pink papier-mache breasts.

Obama seemed to feature in a few of the models including one with Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is seen pulling a Trojan horse.

Who said the German’s don’t have a sense of humour?

Posted on February 12, 2010 | Filed Under Really