Of the New Year’s parade of the Mainz Carneval Association (MCV) will also be canceled again in 2022 due to Corona. A decision on the Rose Monday procession has not yet been made, as MCV spokesman Bernd Funke announced on Thursday in Mainz. This should fall on December 15th. “Only when the new official regulations are in place can we dare to make a cautious forecast,” said MCV President Reinhard Urban, according to the announcement. Before the pandemic, around 500,000 people celebrated the Rose Monday procession on the streets.
“We didn’t make the decision easy for ourselves, but we shouldn’t be light-heartedly responsible for the health of participants and spectators, which of course we can’t control,” said Urban about the second cancellation of the New Year’s move in a row. In view of the high incidence figures, the MCV cannot rule out the possibility of infections.
The colorful parade traditionally celebrates the beginning of the new year and the carnival season on January 1st from 11.11 a.m. In bright sunshine and frosty temperatures, more than 1,600 people moved through the streets in 2020.