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Fashing festivities

BITBURG, Germany -- Dr. Joachim Streit, mayor of Bitburg, points at the symbolic key that a base member holds up during this year’s Storming of the Rathaus fashing event in Bitburg, Feb. 19, 2009. Once the ladies get the key, they are in charge for the day. A group of base members from the 52nd Medical Group helped the mayor defend the city from the ladies on Fat Thursday. (U.S. Air Force photo by Iris Reiff)

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KORDEL, Germany -- In traditional blue-white outfits a group of young fanfare “Funkengarde” female dancers participated in a fashing parade in Kordel Feb. 22, 2009. The Kordel parade was the second largest parade in the Trier area, attracting close to a thousand visitors from around the area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Iris Reiff)

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KORDEL, Germany – Women and their children, dressed-up in bee costumes for the Kordel fashing parade, greet onlookers Feb. 22, 2009. The costume was nice and warm, perfect for the cold weather. Almost every village in Germany, regardless of size, conducts a fashing parade. (U.S. Air Force photo by Iris Reiff)

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KORDEL, Germany – A cowboy and cowgirl enjoyed a walk passing by the crowd at the Kordel fashing parade Feb. 22, 2009. Parade observers stand in the streets, cheering, singing and dancing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Iris Reiff)

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KORDEL, Germany – Tigers bring smiles to the faces of onlookers at the Kordel fashing parade Feb. 22, 2009. Tiger costumes were among the more popular fashing outfits this year. This group received a lot of attention from visitors during the Kordel parade. (U.S. Air Force photo by Iris Reiff)

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KORDEL, Germany -- A Trier music association dressed up as clowns at the Kordel fashing parade Feb. 22, 2009. Observers not only enjoyed their colorful outfits but also sang loud to popular fasching tunes, played by this orchestra. (U.S. Air Force photo by Iris Reiff)

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BITBURG, Germany – Airmen from the 52nd Fighter Wing join their German neighbors for fashing in Bitburg, participating in polonese dance walk around the city hall platz. The mayor, Dr. Joachim Streit, invited Spangdahlem Sabers to help him defend the Rathaus from the fashing ladies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Iris Reiff)

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Fashing festivities

Published Feb. 23, 2009