Carnival

Is now celebrated in the south of the Netherlands. It means you put on a costume, get out and get wasted on really cheesy music. You need to completely surrender to the mundane to enjoy yourself. The best part is that everyone, when dressed up, plays a role. The streets become a giant theatre filled with drunken figurants, all looking for a good time that often ends in dark alleyways or unfamiliar bedrooms. 

They don't celebrate it where I grey up or here in Amsterdam, but I went to celebrate with my friends for a few times. I won't be attending this year, in Amsterdam they know how to throw an awesome dress up party (with much better music), so my need for dressing up once in a while is well fulfilled. But occasionally, if it does start to itch, I like to dress up on my own.