2008年10月15日水曜日

Oktoberfest in Germany


Oktoberfest is a the biggest festival in the world and held in Germany on half of September to November. About 6,000,000 people come this festival every year since 1810.There are huge tents , carnival and a lot of stands. The place is nine times as large as Tokyo dome.The festival open at 10 o'clock and close at 11:00pm on weekday.However open at 9 o'clock on weekend.

First day, women acts mayor of Munich with black cloak. The women walk in the read and follow some carriages. Which loads a lot of barrels. When mayor said "O' zapft is!"(released alcohol), the festival will start.
On the second day, about 8,000 people wear traditional costume who from Bayern and walk central town as a parade.

People not only drink but also eat some sausages and barbecue chicken and stuff like that. In 1999, 6,500,000 people came this festival and became the biggest festival. Then consumed 5,800,000 liters beer.

1 件のコメント:

mamisira さんのコメント...

you wrote so much number of people so I can't image it, I think it nice blog!!