Multiple teams from the local area performed intricate dance, comedy and singing performances during the ninth annual Kappensitzung at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Jan. 31, 2024. German Fasching is a tradition that dates back hundreds of years in which participants don wild and fancy costumes and celebrate the weeks leading up to the Christian religion’s season of Lent. (U.S. Air Force photos by Airman 1st Class Albert Morel)