Octoberfest vs dionysia

Octoberfest Vs Dionysia

Octoberfest

 Oktoberfest is a 16-18 day festival held each

year in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, running from late September to the first weekend in October. It is one of the most famous events in Germany and the world's largest celebrations, with more than 5 million people attending every year. The Oktoberfest is an important part of Bavarian culture.

 Since then, this event is celebrated every year. The

festival is now 17 days when the first Sunday is October 2 and 18 days when it is October 1. In 2010, the festival lasts until the first Monday in October, to mark the 200-year anniversary of the event. It is located very central on the Thereisienwiese, a huge, flat area near important Bavarian statues.

 The original "Oktoberfest" occurred in

Munich, on October 12, 1810. Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Theresee of SaxeHildburghausen organized a great horse race to celebrate their marriage. The event was so successful that it was decided to renew it in 1811.

Nowadays, what are they doing during the Oktoberfest?

First of all, they eat!

Visitors eat huge amounts of traditional food such as Hendl (chicken), Schweinsbraten (roast pork), Steckerlfisch (grilled fish on a stick), Würstl (sausages) along with Brezn (Prezel), Knödel (potato or bread dumplings), Kasspatnz (cheese noodles), Reiberdatschi (potato pancakes), Sauerkraut or Blaukraut (red cabbage) along with such Bavarian delicacies as Obatzda (a spiced cheese-butter spread) and Weisswurst (a white sausage).

Secondly… They drink…..

BEER!

And they end up with music and tradiotional dances!

Festivals during Oktoberfest  As it is self-evident during Oktoberfest are

held more events, in which people like participating because they are all entertaining!  Below, we are showing some of them, which are the most popular!

Passion play at Oberammergau

 The passion plays exist since 1634, which means for

more than 380 years. When at that time a epidemic drew to a close, the Oberammergauer citizen sworn to enact the passion of Christ every ten years. Today the passion plays are world famous and attract every time more than 500,000 spectators. More than 2000 Oberammergauer citizen play a part in the spectacle which lasts almost one day.

Socker  At least four matches will take place during

the time of Octoberfest in Munich. Teams like FC Bayern München will play against. FC Köln and the FSV Mainz 05. The TSV 1860 will play against Erzgebirge Aue and FC Union Bayern. There are probably also some Champions league and DFB-Cup-Matche

Dionysia

 The Dionysia was a large festival in ancient

Athens in honor of the god Dionysus, the central event of which was the performance of tragedies and comedies. It was the second-most important festival after the Panathenaia. The Dionysia actually comprised two related festivals, the Rural Dionysia and the City Dionysia, which took place in different parts of the year. They were also an essential part of the Dionysian Mysteries.

 The central event was the pompe, in

which men that were called phalloi were carried by phallophoroi.There were also young girls carrying baskets,long loaves of bread,jars of water and wine.

 After the pompe, there were contests of dancing and

singing. Some festivals may have included dramatic performances, possibly of the tragedies and comedies that had been produced at the City Dionysia the previous year. This was more common in the larger towns such as Piraeus and Eleusis.

The comic playwright Aristophanes parodied the Rural Dionysia in his play The Acharnians.

 Because the various towns in Attica held their

festivals on different days, it was possible for spectators to visit more than one festival per season. It was also an opportunity for Athenian citizens to travel outside the city if they did not have the opportunity to do so during the rest of the year. This also allowed travelling companies of actors to perform in more than one town during the period of the festival.

 Strangely, “Dionysia” are still held in the

whole Greece and are dedicated to the god Dionysus.  Nowadays, this event lasts between 3 and 5 days but the try to celebrate it like then so music, dance and songs are necessary!

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Korina Oikonomopoulou Elina Agloupa John Kimpezis