German island's odd winter custom changes after tv report backlash
A north-sea festival with questionable traditions got a major update this winter. Local police confirmed zero incidents at the centuries-old Klaasohm celebration on Borkum island
The age-old Klaasohm festival on Borkum Island just wrapped-up without any problems - a big change from its controversial past. This north-sea celebration (which happens right before St Nicholas Day) used to have some not-so-great customs
Last month ARD Television made a tell-all report showing how the 2023 event went wrong: men in strange costumes were stopping random women and hitting their back-sides with cow horns; lots of folks werent happy about this
The yearly get-together on Germanys west-most island has been going on for many years but this time local-police said everything was different: no bad stuff happened at all. Its a real turn-around from what people saw in that tv-show where some unknown people talked about how rough things got at past events
