Simon as a Wolf man
I wonder who this is?
Before the parade. Well last night was a wonderful experience, and we would like to thank Silke and Christian for making it possible. The guilds don´t usually allow people who are not members to take part and so we were very honoured to be allowed to actually dress up and fully participate in this event. Walking through the crowds dressed as monks, amongst lighted torches is something neither myself or the young people will forget easily - memories made.
The ethos of the Fastnet ´season´is to frighten away winter and make spring come and although on the way home last night it was snowing this morning it is 2 degrees and quite warm by comparison.
Tonight we will participate in the Sabaat in Waldkirch, when new witches are made.. a very interesting experience.
The alcohol work done by the youth workers seems to be only prior to Fastnet, and I don´t think any work is done on the streets during the festivities, something which we in England would do. There are posters everywhere but there is a danger that eventually these are not ´seen´by those they are designed to reach. The culture for young people generally, and therefore more so at this time, is drink, but then the adults also do their fair share, so role modelling may also be an issue.
We have shared the weblog with our partners and we already have a facebook account for the two youth councils, and so there is some communication between the two groups.
The discussions we had on Wednesday evening with the Waldkirch Youth Council have formed a base for the planning for the European open air band event in August in Waldkirch which will be with 4-5 different countries and a truely international event and one which we are hoping will be reproduced in different countries in the following years… watch this space!
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