(1) Reenactments are a hobby for some Germans: Vikings, Indians, famous battles, old Germans (at Roman times), Celts, medieval Germany, and many more. I see no harm in them (ah well, lately there did some blood flow in a Viking battle) (2) In German, there are two different words for "Indians": "Inder" (Asian) and "Indianer" (American) (3) I only once was in a "German Restaurant" (in Canada) and it was a lousy reenactment with lots of factual errors. (4) Karl May is really not read anymore among young Germans. His nationalist tone and his bad stereotyping of the persons (Germans = very good, French = very bad, English = good, Yankee = bad, Negroes = good natured but more than a bit dumb, racial mixtures = the worst of all) make him unacceptable today which is a good thing. Wolfgang
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