DID YOU CHOOSE?

CELEBRATION
WHAT

Ok t o ber fe s t
 PERSONAL PRESENTATION

Juliana Sarabia mechanical

third semester seventeen years old
Rueda engineering.

Zenayda Carrillo industry

fourth semester twenty years old
García engineering.

Sebastián García civil

third semester nineteen years old
Agudelo engineering.
 WHY DID YOU
CHOOSE IT?

We chose it because we think it´s

interesting that all the country gets
together just for drinking beer and
having a great time, it´s so special how
can be so important for everyone and
take a week of their lives to go there
and participate in Oktoberfest

 WHAT´S THE STORY BEHIND THIS CELEBRATION?

On Oct. 12, 1810, a festival was held on the fields in front of the
city gates to celebrate the wedding of Ludwig and Therese, and all
of Munich was invited. To close these festivities, a great horse race
was staged, in which 30 horses raced on a 2.1-mile track. The
following year, these horse races were repeated, which marked

the beginning of the Oktoberfest tradition.In honor of the

princess, the meadow was henceforth called the Theresienwiese
(Therese’s Meadow).
The place the locals lovingly refer to as the Wies’n hosted more
horse races in 1811, and Oktoberfest was born. An agricultural
show was added to the festivities, which continues to appear on
the southern end of the fairgrounds every third year.

1850 was the first year that the traditional costume parade
became an annual event. Thousands of people dressed in
traditional Bavarian garb, or Tracht, walk through the center of
Munich to the Theresienwiese, paying homage to a similar parade
that was staged at the wedding of Ludwig and Therese. This
parade takes place on the first Sunday of Oktoberfest and is still
considered a core element of the festival.
Oktoberfest is often associated with beer, but the festival’s
traditions go beyond that. While the beer tents, of course, provide
drinks, they also play only traditional Bavarian music. The original
six Munich breweries still provide the beer. You can also catch
people in traditional Bavarian clothing, dirndls, and lederhosen.

 PRESENT THE COUNTRY THIS CELEBRATION TAKES PLACE

Oktoberfest takes place very centrally in Munich,

Germany: on the so-called Theresienwiese, a mostly

empty space of about 100 acres, not far from the Old

Town and in the middle of Munich’s district. The flag

of Germany features horizontal bands of equal sizes.

The top band is black, the center band is red and the

bottom band is yellow.(SHOW YOUR FINGERS) These

represent the national colors. The country also has a

state flag which has the same design of three

horizontal bands with the addition of the country’s

national emblem located in the center. These national

colors date back to the republican democracy

proposed in the mid-1800s to symbolize unity and

freedom. At the time of the Weimar Republic, these

colors represented the centrist, democratic and

republican parties.(SHOW YOUR FINGERS)

 INTERESTING FACTS
Despite the name Oktoberfest,

the event takes place at the end

of September.
Only beer from Munich is sold at
Oktoberfest.
You can’t start drinking until the
mayor opens the first keg.
The festival officially begins when
the mayor says “O’ zapft is”
during the opening ceremony on
the first day of the event.
The beer brewed during
Oktoberfest is extra strong.
They’re specially brewed just for
the festival and they have at least
6% alcohol.
6 million people go each year, and
they consume 1.8 million gallons
of beer between them.