Oktoberfest Blumenau
The Oktoberfest Blumenau is a folk festival that has been taking place in Blumenau in Brazil every year since 1984 at the beginning of October . The festival, based on the original Munich Oktoberfest, takes place in the "Deutsch Village Park" and lasts 18 days.
The reason for this was the need for funds for the necessary reconstruction measures after the great floods of the Rio Itajaí in 1983 and 1984. In recent years, the festival has established itself as the second largest festival in Brazil after the carnival in Rio, with over 600,000 visitors annually . This has also increased the city's profile in Germany, which is also important in terms of tourism. The 30th edition took place in 2013, with a total of around 20,000,000 visitors since it was founded. The beer consumption in 2012 was about 650,000 liters.
Web links
- Oktoberfest Blumenau website (Portuguese, English, Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ^ Marc von Lüpke-Schwarz: Oktoberfest in the Brazilian jungle . In: Deutsche Welle, August 18, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
- ↑ Oktoberfest Blumenau: Estatísticas ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved September 4, 2013.
