Posted on 09/25/2023 9:23:28 PM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
The Prince of Bavaria complained about the effect 'cultural appropriation' has had on Oktoberfest, bemoaning the fact that the annual German festival is 'just about wearing a costume to get drunk in.'
While speaking to a local radio station, Luitpold Rupprecht Heinrich said that the focus on spectacle has caused Oktoberfest to lose its way.
"When I see Chinese-made folk costumes made of plastic, pseudo-costumes with tight dirndls, then the whole thing becomes a carnival," Heinrich said, per the Daily Mail. "We all talk about cultural appropriation today. Here it's happening to us Bavarians!"
The great-grandson of the last Bavarian king is not alone in his concerns about how Oktoberfest has changed. Many traditionalists feel what is supposed to be a celebration of Bavarian culture has now become an excuse to dress up and drink.
"If the whole thing is just about wearing a costume to get drunk in...you lose a lot of culture and tradition in the process," Heinrich said.
The first-ever Oktoberfest in 1810 was a celebration of the wedding between Prince Regent Ludwig of Bavaria, the later King Ludwig I, and Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen.
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LOL!
LONG LIVE CULTURAL APPROPRIATION!
okay, contest time.
Guess which two photos, in this thread, are the china costume knockoffs
Now the gal in post number 10, that she is. A smoking hot 10!
Octoberflesh! Brings to mind Young Frankenstein. Nice Knockers and of course Roll in Zee Hay.
That is the breast post of this entire thread!
LOL. yup. maybe two.
Truer words have never been spoken. The Dirndl is the universal dress that makes almost any woman attractive.
It sure looks like it.
” Four Bavarian girls”
My guesses.
1> Iowa
2> Black sea region
3> Icelandic
4> California
Didn’t an Irish Lass named Lola Montez have a lot to do with the fall of the Bavarian Monarch? She was not adverse to showing her physical assets if I recall. She made quite a splash in Gold Rush California too (as well as a lot of money).
“excuse to dress up and drink.”
You say this like it’s a bad thing.
Just here to read this intriguing article...
I was gonna lie and claim I just clicked to read the articles.
7. I’ll have two of them, warm, and a beer!!
16, girl on the far right - cute as can be. Just imagine if she had a twin sister. Maybe John Lennon wrote his song in anticipation of this young woman. Just imagine!!
16, girl on the far right - cute as can be. Just imagine if she had a twin sister. Maybe John Lennon wrote his song in anticipation of this young woman. Just imagine!!
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Thank you. A dear in the headlights is worth two in the bush.
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