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Mijn Aalsters hart bloedt bij alle heisa die in het voorbije jaar is ontstaan rond #aalstcarnaval #deochtend 1/12
Even terug naar de essentie: er gaan in de Stoet van Aalst 75 officiële groepen mee en zo’n 190 niet-officiële losse groepen. 1 officiële groep bediende zich in 2019 van de gecontesteerde karikaturen #aalstcarnaval 2/12
Bij het gebruik van deze karikaturen was er geen intentie om te kwetsen. Maar kwetsen deed het wel degelijk. Naïef? Onwetend? Onverschillig? lomp? #aalstcarnaval 3/12
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#Antisemitic Incident !!!

#Belgium #Aalst

The #Belgian city of #Aalst returns the #award of its #carnival as a #Worldheritage Site.
Background are allegations of #racism and #antisemitism.
Mayor Christoph D'Haese said that one has had enough of the "grotesque #complaints" and let the #carnival be #deleted from the list. He thus came before a decision of @UNESCO before.
he had already considered removing the #Aalst #Carnival from World Heritage at the upcoming mid-month meeting.
The controversy has been going on since #spring. At that time D'Haese defended a float of the procession,
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