!!!Fastnachtsspiele

Fastnachtspiele (Carnival Plays), rustic, farcical plays during 
carnival originating in Nuremberg in the late 15%%sup th/%  and 
16%%sup th/%  century and spreading throughout the German-speaking 
world. Early carnival dramas were characterised by especially coarse 
and sarcastic humour and depicted scenes from daily life (marriage, 
court proceedings); later the themes became more general and included 
political, religious and literary subjects.

!Literature
A. Doerrer, Tiroler Fasnacht, 1949.


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