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A float featuring US President Donald Trump and the Statue of Liberty drives in the annual Rose Monday parade in Dusseldorf, Germany. Picture: Lukas Schulze / Getty
SATIRE has been saved. Inspired by President Trump and tumultuous world politics, German artists have used a Dusseldorf carnival to revel in ridicule.
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The controversial US President took centre stage in the procession of colourful floats — even though he was thousands of kilometres away.
He was in some pretty lofty comedy.
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Turkey’s President Erdogan. French politician Le Pen. Germany’s Chancellor Merkel. Britain’s May.
All were sacred cows being led to the slaughter of comic ridicule.
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Float after float mercilessly mocked the world leaders and their politics.
The Dusseldorf parade is just one of swath of similar events held across Germany.
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They are a popular spectacle and expression of political freedom in many predominantly Catholic regions, including cities like Cologne and Mainz.
The Shrove Monday parades drive considerable competition between the towns.
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Bigger. Brighter. More barbed.
All convey kudos on their makers — and their home district.
Picture: Patrik Stollarz / AFPSource:AFP