Carnival in Rethymno 1999, unforgettable impressions, Karneval in Rethymno

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Everybody is having fun and feeling good ...
so to say heavenly like these Carnival - angels as they call themselves.
They are members of the "TSITSIKOTRIHIDES" team, a bunch of Carnival maniacs...

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The float of the "EKATZ'IKUTZIKAZIKA" team named "TOURbania" with their huge elephant won first price . . .	. . . so the Mahout on top didn't freeze for nothing!	and they had a real good time too... ... on their nail boards!	These guys have reason to be proud of their "PROUD MARY" the "ALLI" team. Again they won a second price for their impressive float. Riding on a New Orleans riverboat Queen through Rethymno is pure fun for passengers and spectators.
The truth is out there... At least for the "LAMNOKOPI" team. They had a brilliant start!	Yes, everybody laughs his ... off. And there is a good reason this year: Viagra is coming to Greece. Every Greek man over 78 is waiting for it to continue...his work. So was the "ARTSIMBOURTZIDES" team making fun of Grandpa's little helpers!	Laughing "TROMOKRAT"(Terrorist) dancing in the streets of Rethymno. The ladies around him are admiring his new installed S300 missile!	Who invented the wheel? We did, of course, we the people from the Melidonian caves joining the "SOURGELA" team!
Hallelujah brothers . . .	. . . and sisters...	Aren't we cute? Oh yes, there and then everything was cute, the ladies, the girls, everybody lived in harmony with everybody... at least among us aristocrats. But are there other humans except us? Yes the servants, of course! Laugh!	We send them all up. Mainly the politicians, the local and the not so local ones... and of course our fellow citizens! This one goes on our school system: The "PERIYITIKI LESKI" team shows how we go with giant steps towards a modern educational system after months of school strikes!

Our political parties love us! Whatever party we vote for, when they are in power they ...eh... Look what we eat!	... and look what they do to us...	The "ORAIOKAPILI" team enjoyed us with their always hungry Chameleon - man, eating everything even his own kind to survive...	Ooooo what's that??? ... must be the leader of the "TROMOKRATES" team frightening old ladies with his huge rocket! ( ...which the Americans gave us...)
This is the beautiful Venetian coach made by the proud craftsmen of the "MUNICIPALITY OF RETHYMNO" team to remind us of the heydays of Venetian Carnival!	"The wrong fairy tale" presented by the "ARGOSCHOLI" team... an exciting fairy tale cocktail stirred not shaken!	La Cuba (Lets go to Havanna) ... is the title of the "BOUBOUNES" team's float, and they present us a very musical truck... easy, most of them are musicians and members of the "Philharmoniki", the Rethymno town marching band	Atmospheric Phenomenoms presented by the "VAKHI" team in beauty and grace!

The "ALTER EGO" team shows to the happy crowd "Pears with tails". The proverb means in Greek: "There'll be hell to pay" (What the h... did they have in mind?)	Hamlin's piper 1999 ("ARGOSCHOLI" team) After having lured away all rats from Rethymno's old town, he did not get paid by the senat of Rethymno (unbelievable, he must have been the first and only one!). This is said to be the last photo ever seen of him and the children of Rethymno. (Actually the kids are said to be on a 5 - day - school - excursion. They were seen at a bouzoukia place in Thessaloniki enjoying themselves!)	The hidden Viagra plant ... is the pride of Rethymno's legal drug scene. They are producing special "hot stuff" here (with Raki and special exciting mountain herbs).	Like father like son...(see the glow in Mama's eyes!) The Carnival in Rethymno is a great joy for the whole family!