Meanings
A holiday celebrated mostly in the Rhineland on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday. Originally a special day for women’s carnival, but now celebrated by both sexes as the beginning of the six-day peak of the carnival season. Remnants of the original purpose are that women are allowed to cut off men's ties and to kiss (on the cheek) whomever they want.
Sie neigen zu einem selbstbewußten Separatismus und feiern jedes Jahr an Weiberfastnacht ihr eigenes berühmtes Fest.They tend towards a self-aware separatism, and every year on Weiberfastnacht they celebrate their own famous party.
Fat Thursday
An Weiberfastnacht findet der Wiener Opernball statt.