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In Lucerne, the coronavirus-related event ban was largely observed on Dirty Thursday at 5 a.m. Where more thousands celebrate the start of Carnival, according to the Keystone-SDA news agency, only about 100 people gathered in the morning. .
Between 20 and 30 carnival fans also dressed up. Lucerne Carnival usually begins with the Big Bang, the Fritschi family arriving by boat at Schweizerhofquai, and the subsequent launching of oranges at Kapellplatz. Last year, 13,000 people attended the show.
All official events canceled
This year, however, at the urging of the authorities, the carnival people practically had to sleep late. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, all official events and parades have been canceled. The Lucerne police announced in advance that they would strictly interpret the event ban.
According to Keystone-SDA, security forces were represented in Lucerne Thursday morning in numerous smaller groups of two to three people. According to observations, initially numerous passersby were strictly controlled. After that, the police retired to a passive role for about an hour and just watched what happened. However, around 5.30 am, the officials turned away the carnival people and asked them in a friendly tone to go home. (cat / SDA)
