Men's Carnival
With Mr. Fasnacht Fasnacht is meant that the Catholic appointment, so in the days before Ash Wednesday , is taking place. The counterpart to the men's carnival is the farmers' carnival or old carnival , which takes place in the week following Ash Wednesday.
These two expressions are mainly used in the regions of Basel, Baden and the Markgräflerland to differentiate the different dates for the carnival, which are often historically determined. For example, in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, the Birseck and Leimental regions historically belonged to the Duchy of Basel ( domiciled in Solothurn after the Reformation ) and thus celebrated Carnival on the Catholic date, while the rest of the canton belonged to the reformed city of Basel and Carnival was part of the celebrated later date. But they were also used for a long time in other regions of Switzerland and can sometimes be found in calendars as holiday entries.
The “Farmer's Carnival ” (also called “ Old Carnival ”) in the formerly reformed areas does not begin until after Ash Wednesday and, depending on the region, continues until Spark Sunday or, like the Basel Carnival, begins afterwards.
Historically, the most likely explanation of the Archdiocese of Cologne: the original Carnival lasted six days, from dirty Thursday to violet Tuesday and ended on Ash Wednesday. In 1091, the Synod of Benevento rearranged Lent by excluding Sundays, bringing the start of Lent forward by a week. In Basel , Baden and the Markgräflerland , people stayed with the old carnival date, the “Bauernfasnacht” as opposed to the “Herrenfasnacht”.
The "Old Carnival" has also become proverbial: If you come too late, you will "come afterwards like the Old Carnival".