뮨헨 10월 맥주 축제:Oktoberfest in Munich, 2011

뮌헨 10월 맥주축제 독일에서의 맥주는 1516년 바이에른 왕국 빌헬름 4세 때 발표된 맥주 원료 순수령(세계 최초의 식품 위생법)으로 그 품질이 계속 유지되었으며 국민적 음료로 사랑받아왔고 사육제·부활절 축제 · 종교 행사 등에도 빠질 수 없는 필수품이 되었다. 맥주의 나라 독일에서는 일년 중 각 지방의 특색에 맞춰 전국에 걸친 맥주 축제가 열리는데 그 중에서도 축제 기간 중 1000여 개의 고유 민속 행사가 개최되는 세계적 관광 명소인 뮌헨 맥주 축제가 가장 유명하다. 이 축제는 1810년 바이에른 왕국의 황태자 루드비히와 작센의 테레사 공주와의 결혼을 축하한 경마 모임에서 비롯되었다. 현재는 기타 유럽 국가를 비롯 전세계에서 매년 약 600여만 명의 맥주 애호가가 축제 기간 중 모이며, 이 기간 중 소비되는 맥주는 약500만 리터(생맥주 500㏄로 1000만 저그), 닭은 65만 마리, 소시지는 110만 톤이나 되는 세계 제1의 맥주 축제가 되었다. The giant Ferris wheel is silhouetted against the Alps during the opening day of the Oktoberfest 2011 beer festival at Theresienwiese on September 17, 2011 in Munich, Germany.  Revelers enjoy a ride in a swing-carousel at the Munich Oktoberfest, in Munich, on September 17, 2011. The Oktoberfest beer festival crowd, at the Theresienwiese fairgrounds in Munich, Germany, on September 17, 2011. Tens of thousands of revelers at the first night of Oktoberfest, at the Theresienwiese in Munich, on September 17, 2011. Visitors to the Oktoberfest beer festival celebrate in a beer tent on the Theresienwiese fairgrounds in Munich, Germany, on September 18, 2011. Christian Ude, Mayor of the City of Munich, taps the first beer barrel with the traditional cry of "O'zapft is!" on Saturday, September 17, 2011. A waitress carries beer mugs in the Hofbräuhaus-tent after the opening of the famous Bavarian Oktoberfest beer festival in a beer tent in Munich, Germany, on September 17, 2011. A waitress carries beer mugs after the opening of Oktoberfest on Saturday, September 17, 2011. Revelers scuffle for the first free beer in the traditional 1-liter beer mug at the opening of the World's biggest beer fest, Oktoberfest, at the Theresienwiese in Munich, on September 17, 2011. People stretch out to reach a beer mug in the Hofbräuhaus-tent after the opening of Oktoberfest, in a beer tent in Munich, Germany, on September 17, 2011. Visitors stack beer mugs after the opening ceremony of the 178th Oktoberfest in Munich, on September 17, 2011. Three young women pose in the Schottenhamel tent after the tapping of the first keg of beer, opening Oktoberfest on September 17, 2011, in Munich.  Visitors to Oktoberfest raise a toast on September 17, 2011, after the opening of the festival.  Festival-goers enjoy an amusement park ride after the opening of Oktoberfest, on the Theresienwiese fairgrounds in Munich, on September 17, 2011. Visitors enjoy a ride on a merry-go-round in an amusement park in front of St. Paul's church during Oktoberfest, in Munich, on September 17, 2011. Visitors ride a Ferris wheel during the first day of the Munich Oktoberfest, on September 17, 2011. Opening day of the 178th Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, on September 17, 2011. A customer is fitted with a traditional Bavarian Dirndl dress at a shop selling Dirndls and lederhosen, on September 8, 2011 in Munich, Germany. Dirndls are famously worn by participants and attendees of Oktoberfest. On September 8, 2011, a man stands near the largest pitcher of beer in the world, according to its designers. The seven-meter-tall pitcher, awaiting transport to Oktoberfest in Munich, is illuminated from within and will rotate atop a tower in front of one of the 14 beer tents at the festival.  "Münchener Kindl" Maria Newrzella toasts with a beer mug while taking part in the Parade of the Landlords and Breweries during the opening of the 178th Oktoberfest in Munich, on September 17, 2011. A man waits in a U-Bahn station in Munich waiting to go to the Oktoberfest festival on Saturday morning, September 17, 2011. A girl in a traditional Bavarian Dirndl rests on a meadow near the Theresienwiese fairgrounds of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany, on September 17, 2011. A reveler rests in the sun after the first hours of the Munich Oktoberfest, on September 17, 2011. People in traditional costumes wave during the Oktoberfest parade in Munich, on September 18, 2011. A woman arranges gingerbread hearts in a booth as preparations are under way for the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese fair ground in Munich, Germany, on September 14, 2011.