thumb|A Mainzian bütt using an owl-motif. A Büttenrede (also washtub speech, carnival speech) is a humorous speech, originating in the western German cultural tradition, that is given during carnival. It is usually given at carnival conventions, revue-like events organized by carnival societies. Büttenreden are often rhymed and are performed from a special lectern called a bütt (rhenish franconian/moselle franconian/colognian/rhinelandic for barrel, vessel) in a local German dialect. Over the last few decades, Büttenreden have also become more popular in eastern Germany, including at the Berli
thumb|A Mainzian bütt using an owl-motif. A Büttenrede (also washtub speech, carnival speech) is a humorous speech, originating in the western German cultural tradition, that is given during carnival. It is usually given at carnival conventions, revue-like events organized by carnival societies. Büttenreden are often rhymed and are performed from a special lectern called a bütt (rhenish franconian/moselle franconian/colognian/rhinelandic for barrel, vessel) in a local German dialect. Over the last few decades, Büttenreden have also become more popular in eastern Germany, including at the Berlin carnival.
== Format == Especially in the Rhenish carnival tradition, the format of the traditional Büttenrede has undergone many changes. The spectrum of Büttenreden nowadays ranges from elements of stand-up comedy and sung interludes to dialogues and ventriloquism. Even the bütt itself is only rarely visible, although this is usually for technical reasons. The content of the speeches has also gradually shifted from an expository, ironic mirroring of society to merely performing a collection of jokes.
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).