Initiated on 16th May 1996 in Germany, Carnival of Cultures is now a cosmopolitan festival. Since 22 years, it has been celebrated as a 4-days fest each year at Pentecost, Kreuzberg. In the beginning, only a few carnival fans in Germany showed up for the festival. However, within a period of 2 decades, the number of visitors to this cultural fest has crossed over 1 million. Get your Germany visa and fly to the wonderland!
Berlin’s carnival of cultures (Karneval der Kulturen) is a great platform to showcase the culture of Berlin’s ethnic groups and celebrate cultural diversity. Berlin’s most popular street festival is celebrated during Pentecost weekend. The party animals from all over the world gather each year in the number of hundreds of thousands to attend carnival of cultures 2019.
The main attraction of the festivities is the multi-hued cultural parade that takes place on Sunday. This multicultural festival features enthralling music and dance. The invigorating & revitalizing fest lasts for complete 4 hours.
Around 4000 – 5000 artists (professional and non-professional) come along to be a part of the most beauteous and colorful procession.
The pageant will take you on a musical journey around the world with numerous renowned DJs, solo artists and bands. Epicures, the food trucks and various food stalls will help you terminate all your hunger. Palatable delicacies from different countries will be served.
Partiers, here are a few highlights of Berlin’s Colorful street festival:
- Diversity of art & craft, mouth-watering cuisines and information of local enterprises are waiting for you at more than 350 kiosks.
- The Berlin carnival 2019 not only exhibits diversity of cultures but it also takes care of the musical diversity. From African drums, exotic samba to first-class jazz, one can hear every tuneful genre in this fest.
- You can find range of specialties from the diverse regions of the world – French crêpes, Asian noodles dishes and African beer.
- At the Rasen in Aktion, visitors are cheered to ‘join in!’ You can juggle to the traditional African music here.
Carnival of Cultures Berlin, observes countless professional and unprofessional attendees each year. The key purpose of this festival is to promote the creativity, imagination and products of the artists from around the world.
The festival will officially kick off on Friday (June 7th, 2019) afternoon at 4 p.m. and come to a halt on Monday (June 10th, 2019). Over the weekend, the visitors congregate enormously to celebrate from 11 a.m. to midnight.
The best part is that you don’t have to get any bookings done in advance to be a part of the biggest multicultural festival. The entry for the street festival and the parade is FREE to all guests. Celebrators, it’s time to plan your sojourn, in Berlin during the fest. If you don’t want to miss this beguiling carnival, then get your tickets to Berlin booked.
