Oktoberfest and the World’s Greatest Parties

There is a festival in Germany where people drink beer and forget the everyday troubles even, if it is just for a day or a few hours. The “Beer Festival” or “Oktoberfest” is one of the biggest events in Germany. This celebration takes place in many German cities but the biggest and most famous one is held in Munich. Millions of people from all around the world come here to celebrate and break with the drab monotony of everyday life. But the Beer Festival is not a solitary case. We can find such festivals everywhere in the world and in our history. We will explain how and why people celebrated in the course of history and what prompted them to do so.