Oktoberfest

Today is the special day. Why say so? As today is the 1st day of German Oktoberfest.

The Oktoberfest is a 16 day festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria, Germany during late September and early October. It is one of the most famous events in the city and the world's largest fair, with some six million people attending every year.

The event traditionally takes place during the 16 days up to and including the first Sunday in October. In 1990, the schedule was modified in response to German reunification so that if the first Sunday in October falls on the 1st or 2nd, then the festival will go on until October 3rd (German Unity Day). Thus, the festival is now 17 days when the 1st Sunday is October 2nd and 18 days when it is October 1st. The festival is held on an area named the Theresienwiese (Field [or meadow] of Therese), often called "d’ Wiesn" for short. Beer plays a central role in the fair, with every festival beginning with a keg of beer tapped by the Mayor of Munich who declares "O'zapft is!" (Bavarian: "It’s tapped!"). A special Oktoberfest beer is brewed for the occasion, which is slightly darker and stronger, in both taste and alcohol. It is served in a one-liter-tankard called Maß. The first mass is served to the Bavarian Prime Minister. Only local Munich breweries are allowed to serve this beer in a Bierzelt, a beer tent which is large enough for thousands.

Visitors also consume large quantities of food, most of it traditional hearty fare such as sausage, hendl (chicken), käsespätzle (cheese noodles), and sauerkraut, along with such Bavarian delicacies as roast ox tails.

Other cities across the world also hold Oktoberfest celebrations, modeled after the Munich event.

From Wikipedia



The actual Oktoberfest in Germany


At 4 pm, we ,almost all boys went to the festival.

The October Fest was held in Rainforest in 1 Utama.On the way , we saw 1 World Game Tournament(WGC).The games that the players were playing were Counter Strike, Need For Speed......




Actually, we aimed for the beer which cost RM 1 (two 50 sen coins) per bottle. Oh god ! Where can we find such a cheap beer? Imported German beer somemore.We queued up for about half an hour.I could see some foreigners here. May be they were German.

When the time was 10 seconds more to approach 5pm, the host started counting down.
"10,9,8......0"

Yeah, after a long wait, we bought the German beer. I saw some of friends finish 1 bottle in less than 1 minute. Amazing!! Then, they went to queue up again to buy another bottle. The authority mentioned that they could only purchase another bottle of beer with the empty bottle + RM 1.After that, I managed to finish my first bottle of beer in my life. Haha.




Then, i felt hungry. I went for some German food, I ordered kaesller bacon. It cost me RM 10, argh. So few food only.. It consisted of 2 hams (pork), 1 bread, some rotten cabbage (quite sour)...




When I was ordering food, i saw this..




At the same time,a German band was singing their native songs in German language. I couldn't understand any, but the songs were quite nice.






This is the photo of my friend, Jonathan, with the 10 -pin -bottle


That 's all.