Samba and Protest: The Carnival of Cultures in Berlin 2025

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Ecologically correct, colorful and a hit with the audience in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg every year: These are the stories of the people from the Carnival of Cultures.

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Since 1996, Berlin has been celebrating the Carnival of Cultures every year at Pentecost, a celebration of diversity that has long since become a symbol of lived diversity and social coexistence. With its street festival in Kreuzberg and the move to Friedrichshain, the festival is also a sign against racism and exclusion in 2025. More than 4,000 actors in 68 groups are taking part in the move this year, 13 of them for the first time. Around a th…