Halloween in Mantel
Many military personnel and families are only deployed at the same location for a few years.
Rituals and holidays such as Independence Day and Halloween are familiar constants and offer the opportunity to grow together with new comrades and neighbors. In the street Drosselweg in Mantel, a village near Grafenwoehr, American and Bavarian families live in a unique neighborhood and friendship. The German-American neighborhood votes on the winners of the costume contest at a Halloween block party in Mantel.
Süßes oder Saures!
Alright. So you want to know your costume winners for the night?
Yeah!
Oh, you don’t sound really excited. Maybe I won’t do it.
Yeah!
No, still not feeling it.
YAAAAH!
Alright, alright, just keep quiet. Should we do adults or should we do kids?
Kids!
Kids. Alright. So, by having the most votes one child will win this very cool Nerf gun.
Ooh!
And – no candy! So, the winner is – Who do we think it is?
I know who it is.
Emy!
Wait what?
You won!
Emy!
Wooh!
That’s so cool, baby!
Best adult costume will win a bottle of Kraken: Tim! Where are you at, Tim?
There he is!
Hat der Tim gewonnen, schau!
You won!
Der Papa hat gewonnen!
Oh, yeah.
That’s it. No more festivities.
Go home.
Halloween costume contestants