- Title: GERMANY: Traditional Oktoberfest parade arrives at festival grounds in Munich
- Date: 20th September 2010
- Summary: HIGH SHOT OF BRASS BAND HIGH SHOT OF CROWD AT OKTOBERFEST WIDE OF AMUSEMENT PARK CROWD YOUNG MAN WEARING LEDERHOSEN SMOKING AND TALKING TO YOUNG WOMAN SMOKING OUTSIDE BEER TENT MAN SMOKING GROUP OF MEN WITH ONE LITRE BEER "MASS" MUGS SMOKING AND TOASTING ANOTHER MAN SMOKING EXTERIOR OF BEER TENT (SOUNDBITE) (German) SMOKING OKTOBERFEST VISITOR, SEPP KLOTZ, SAYING: "I think it's noticeable that people are sweating and it smells inside the beer tents. It's always been a part of Bavarian and Munich cosiness (Gemuetlichkeit) to be able to smoke inside the beer tents. Now there is this problem of having to walk outside. I think it totally sucks." (SOUNDBITE) (German) SMOKING OKTOBERFEST VISITOR, SARA WILDBRETT, SAYING: "Sooner or later I am going to smoke inside anyway. (laughing) Once no one notices anymore." PAN ACROSS BEER DRINKING OKTOBERFEST VISITORS GROUP OF PEOPLE SEATED AT TABLE TOASTING WITH "MASS" BEER MUGS WIDE OF FERRIS WHEEL
- Embargoed: 5th October 2010 13:00
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- Location: Germany
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
- Reuters ID: LVA590JTWC1MC0JIMAJTL9G3IX6D
- Story Text: Thousands of Munich Oktoberfest visitors watch a colourful parade of horse-drawn carriages, brass bands and members of Bavarian gun clubs dressed in traditional costumes making their way to the world's largest beer festival where smokers complain of a smoking ban introduced for the first time in the event's 200-year-old history.
The traditional Oktoberfest parade of horse-drawn carriages, brass bands and members of Bavarian gun clubs dressed in traditional costumes drew thousands of spectators in Munich on Sunday (September 19).
Some 8,600 people in colourful traditional costumes, musicians and riders made their way to the world's largest beer festival, which kicked off a day earlier.
For the first time in its 200-year-old history, Oktoberfest organisers banned smoking inside the 14 large beer tents, enraging some smokers while others shrugged off the new law.
Sepp Klotz, a regular at the Oktoberfest and from Munich, said that the lack of smoke clouds inside the tents meant a "noticeable" odour because "people are sweating and it smells."
"It's always been a part of Bavarian and Munich cosiness (Gemuetlichkeit) to be able to smoke inside the beer tents. Now there is this problem of having to walk outside. I think it totally sucks," Klotz said.
Sara Wildbrett, another smoker from Bavaria, said "sooner or later I am going to smoke inside anyway," adding "once no one notices anymore." - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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