{"id":519,"date":"2013-09-18T18:15:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T18:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/setcourseforchina.wordpress.com\/?p=519"},"modified":"2013-09-18T18:15:47","modified_gmt":"2013-09-18T18:15:47","slug":"oktoberfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/?p=519","title":{"rendered":"OktoberFest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/09\/dscf0324.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-524\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf0324.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I know what you&#8217;re thinking. OktoberFest is in Germany, not China.\u00a0 Call it the &#8220;German invasion&#8221; if you will but this was the first year Beijing hosted an OktoberFest for Beijingers and foreigners to participate in.<\/p>\n<p>After an impromptu invitation, I decided it would be a great anthropological opportunity to examine how Western celebrations have integrated into&#8230;yeah I just wanted to see what OktoberFest in China was really like! I did not partake in any of the drinking but I still had a really awesome time.\u00a0 There were four huge, huge tents where you could listen to bands, eat, drink, dance, and just have a great time.\u00a0 We chose the tent where the singers were dressed in traditional lederhosen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/09\/dscf0325.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-529\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf0325.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was not a traditional band though.\u00a0 As we walked into the tent, they were singing a lovely rendition of John Denver&#8217;s Country Roads. This was quickly followed by the Call Me Maybe song, then 99 Red Balloons (in German!).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/09\/dscf0345.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-535\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf0345.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was pretty interesting to see a German band sing in German, English, and Chinese while local Beijingers and foreigners danced, drank, and simply socialized with each other.\u00a0 Everyone was super friendly and just plain kind.\u00a0 I sang along to all the songs I knew and got up to dance when they performed 99 Red Balloons (I mean how could you not?).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/09\/dscf0348.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-547\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf0348.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope they hold China OktoberFest every year because it was such an experience. It was also at Olympic Park so I got to walk around all the 2008 Olympic buildings, like the Bird&#8217;s Nest, at night!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m so happy I went to OktoberFest but I think I&#8217;m happier that I don&#8217;t have school tomorrow and can sleep in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know what you&#8217;re thinking. OktoberFest is in Germany, not China.\u00a0 Call it the &#8220;German invasion&#8221; if you will but this was the first year Beijing hosted an OktoberFest for Beijingers and foreigners to participate in. 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