(Baonghean.vn) - The German beer festival - Oktoberfest has about 1 million participants each year, consuming up to 6 million liters of beer.
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| The world's largest beer festival - Oktoberfest or "Octoberfest" was born in 1810 in Munich (Germany) to honor the wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig (later King Ludwig I) and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. During the wedding, all the people here were invited to eat, drink, dance and celebrate with the Royal Family. |
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| Since October is quite cold in Bavaria, the beer festival will be held from mid-September and last until the first Sunday of October. The opening day of the festival is marked by a parade with thousands of participants dressed in typical Bavarian costumes and carriages and costumes recreating the old image. The procession will move through the city to Therese field. |
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| After the “ceremony”, the “festival” officially begins with the Mayor tapping the first keg of beer followed by 12 gun shots welcoming visitors to the festival. From this moment on, beer is sold to everyone. |
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| Over the past decade, the number of people attending the Oktoberfest has increased rapidly. Since 2007, an average of more than 6 million people have attended the festival each year. Due to the attraction of Oktoberfest, many countries, including Vietnam, have organized similar festivals, but none have attracted as many visitors as the “original version”. |
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| At Oktoberfest, organizers set up giant tents to accommodate people. Some tents can hold more than 10,000 people. |
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| One of the most memorable images of Oktoberfest is the beautiful local girls in dresses carrying dozens of glasses of premium beer to serve guests. |
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| The largest beer mug at the festival is 1 liter, enough to knock out anyone with an average drinking capacity. But when entering the festival, the vibrant atmosphere here will make you forget your shyness and immediately want to join in. |
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| With such a number of visitors reaching up to a million people, the average amount of beer consumed during the festival also reached a record number of more than 6 million liters of beer. This amount of beer is estimated to be enough to fill 3 Olympic-sized swimming pools. |
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| In addition, food service stores also sell hundreds of thousands of grilled chickens and sausages of all kinds. |
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| To serve such a large number of customers, each year the Organizing Committee has to mobilize about 13,000 employees, including 8,000 official employees and 5,000 seasonal employees. Prices fluctuate every year, but the average price of a 1-liter beer bottle is equivalent to 13 USD. |
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| Coming to Oktoberfest, visitors can not only enjoy glasses of beer filled with the typical flavors of a land with a long tradition of beer production, but also enjoy dishes from Brazil... |
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| ...and traditional music, dances, paintings, and seeing local people in impressive traditional costumes. |
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| The organizers also installed 1,500 toilets to serve tourists. In response to the fact that many tourists drink until they are drunk, leading to uncontrolled behavior and health risks, the Red Cross has installed dozens of temporary beds so that people can rest and regain their strength. Statistics show that each festival about 7,000 people need the support of medical staff. |
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| After nearly two centuries, Oktoberfest still takes place on an increasingly large scale, bringing tens of thousands of jobs and billions of euros to the city of Munich every year. |
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