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    the "fifth season", which traditionally begins with Hoppeditz Erwachen (the waking of Hoppeditz, the Fool who embodies the Karneval season) on 11 November...
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    Düsseldorf Tourist Board Düsseldorf City Panoramas "Burrying [sic] the Hoppeditz: Carnival in Düsseldorf". Archived from the original on 13 January 2007...
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  • carnival begins on 11 November each year with the symbolic awakening of the Hoppeditz [de] and ends on Ash Wednesday of the following year with his burial....
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    times of the Düsseldorfer Karneval. In addition to the "Awakening of the Hoppeditz [de]" and the carnival parade, the Costume Ball of the KVM, the "Redoute"...
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  • peoples' problems) is burnt in Cologne, while in Düsseldorf it is the Hoppeditz (a doll burned at the end of the carnival). The enmity is also cultivated...
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