Samba Carnival Bremen • Feburary 7, 2015

30 years of Samba Carnival in Bremen! Imagine how many people braved the Bremen weather over the years! The temperatures in February don't change much - although this year it was quite "warm" and it was not raining, much less snowing - until about an hour after the parade started!

I didn't get to see/hear the introductory play at "Am Markt" this time as I made my way through the huge crowd to where I wanted to position myself to get some good shots. Along the way I saw quite a few people who had come along in costumes or at least a carnival hat. This year's parade was under the motto "CIRCUS", which was a great opportunity for some wonderful costume creations as you can see in the photos.

A large part of Bremen's Samba Carnival are actors of Blaumeier-Atelier, who wear hand made masks and costumes. Most of them bring along some food for thought as they interact with the crowd as you might be able to spot in some of the photos, so check out my slide-show below these photos:

Here is my slide-show with all 364 photos of the parade:

For all of you reading/viewing with iPhones or androids please click/follow the link below to see all the photos!

https://picasaweb.google.com/102895067673602587741/BremerKarneval2015?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Alternatively, you can see the photos on my Facebook Photography Page. Feel free to tag yourself and "Like" the page there to follow my other photography postings. Should you want to have your photo removed or have a query, you can also contact me there or at "chrissie @ cnicely dot com".

Thanks and see you next year!

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World Beat Bremen Latino Nuevo

For "Latino Nuevo" I was asked to take pictures by the by World Beat Bremen e. V.-crew. It took place on January 17, 2015 Bürgerhaus Weserterassen, the usual, beautiful location by the River Weser in Bremen.

The music of varying styles is played on three different dancefloors by varying DJs and the emphasis was on Latin music as the title suggests. I am not very familiar with this genre and all I can say is, the vibe was great, couples were really dancing with each other and some had great skills and made their dancing look as easy as one - two - three.... a bit like this:

Check out this event-series also here on the Worldbeat Facebook Page, there should be one party per month! But for now here are my photos from January:

For all of you reading/viewing with iPhones or Androids please click/follow the link below to see the photos!

https://picasaweb.google.com/102895067673602587741/WorldbeatLatinoNuevo?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Alternatively, you can see the photos on my Facebook Photography Page. Feel free to tag yourself and "Like" the page there to follow my other photography postings. Should you want to have your photo removed or have a query, you can also contact me there or at "chrissie @ cnicely dot com".

Thanks and see you soon!