Today is Pancake Tuesday and although I didn't bake or carry around pancakes I went to a Mardi Gras event in our little town, the fire wheel. It is said to be an old Germanic custom to roll a burning wheel of straw down a hill. Since the 70s our little community is commited to this pagan custom. The weather was cold, the mulled wine hot (naturally I drank a non-alcoholic kid's punch) and I -of course- forgot my cam. So I can only show you some miserable pics from my handy cam. Here they are:
This is where everything started, with a pyre and the youngsters from our fire brigade forming a guard of honour (on the left side of the photo):
And here firemen, clad in asbestos clothing, steering the wheel down the hill:
If you want a closer look, there even exists a video of this spectacle.
