OKTOBERFEST

STUDENT: JUDITH COLLACHAGUA HUANCAYA

Has been celebrated

between the months of
September and October
in the Bavarian city of
Munich since 1810.

Lasts 16 to 18 days, starting on

the first Saturday after
September 15, it takes place in
the field known as Theresienwiese
("Teresa's meadow"), near the
center of Munich, near the
Central Station, ends the first
Sunday in October.

The first Festival was held to

celebrate the marriage of
Prince Louis I of Bavaria to
Princess Teresa of Saxony-
Hildburghausen.

Main moments of the party:

Arrival of the Wiesnwirte
(brewery owners), the opening
of the keg: the mayor opens
the first keg of beer at
twelve o'clock, inaugurating
the Oktoberfest with the
shout of "O 'zapft is!".