2008年10月16日木曜日

The festival of beer

I introduced Oktoberfest. It is the festival in a state of Bayern, German. This festival is the world’s biggest festival. This festival usually is held from the first Sunday of October. That continued for 16 days. The entrance fee is free. There are many attractions, haunted houses, and, food wagons like yatai in Japan, but, many people comes this festival for beer. Main event in this festival is drinking beer in Bierzelt. Bierzelt is the temporary restaurant which sells beer. In first day, the mayor in Munich opens the first barrel which has beer, and, declares “O’zapft is!” “O’zapft is!” means “There is liquor!” in the dialect in Bayern. This festival is held by this festival. In second day, 8,000 people who wear the ethnic clothes from Bayern walk from Maximilian Street to Oktoberfest. Oktoberfest has long history. In 1810, the first Oktoberfest was held, and, horse racing was held then. In 1910, the hundredth Oktoberfest was held. Beer which is 1,200 kiloliter was drunk, and, the beer hall tent had 12,000 seats. That is largest by now. In 1999, 6,500,000 people visited this festival.

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