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Nowhere else is carnival celebrated longer these days than in the Upper Elbe Valley. The series of boatmen's carnivals 2024 began on January 20, 2024 in Prossen and continued in Königstein, Postelwitz, Rathen and Wehlen. Today, March 9, the Eintracht Schmilka boatmen's association celebrated its 128th boatmen's carnival in Schmilka. As in the other Elbe towns, the friendly boatmen's associations of the region came to this finale. Together, a centuries-old tradition is lived and maintained.