# The Carnevale in the Tyrol **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-carnevale-in-the-tyrol/742921 "2016-01-12T12:40:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![botsgotme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-carnevale-in-the-tyrol/742921/1 "2016-01-12T12:40:46Z")
Carnevale is coming up…I am familiar with the Brazilian version (which is all about sex, dancing, and partying). But in the alpine region of Germany/Austria, etc., it seems entirely different-you have parades featuring people wearing bizarre masks-what is that all about? There seems to be little in common between these celebrations, and the Brazilian variety-why is that? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-carnevale-in-the-tyrol/742921/2 "2016-01-12T13:51:01Z")
> [@botsgotme](#): > > Carnevale is coming up…I am familiar with the Brazilian version (which is all about sex, dancing, and partying). > But in the alpine region of Germany/Austria, etc., it seems entirely different-you have parades featuring people wearing bizarre masks-what is that all about? There seems to be little in common between these celebrations, and the Brazilian variety-why is that? Different origins - I’ve seen it said that some of the Alpine German [Carnival traditions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian-Alemannic_Fastnacht) are a holdover[from pagan times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Christian_Alpine_traditions#Perchten) - the masked figures are the entourage of a pagan goddess. Seems like Krampus is related too.