Friday 8 June 2012

a bit of a party...

sign, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
it is truely an old tradition. not just i koetzting. but we are now in koetzting. so it is about koetzting.

going there, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
the idea is. you meet up one time a year. the whole city or village, ideally, more likely much more or less.

one person is building a tent. a tent because it is easy. big size, can build up and down. and in germany it rains. a lot, sometimes. even in the summer when it should not rain. ideally.

big wheel, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012

entrance, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012

playing, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
ideally also you have some games, cause people do not wanna talk all the time. but wanna have fun. also germans are not good in being easy going funny.

drinking, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
label, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
beer, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
but if that does not help or you just simple do not wanna play games there is another way. drink, drink a lot of beer. mind relazing and extending toxication  approved by the gouvernemnt.

important thereby: a lot of people as close as possible to each other, sitting on benches with big beer glasses. purpose sitting so close that after a few drinks you loose your personal resistant talking to strangers about nothing and everything.

max, a friend of mine told me. his workmate could not speak english at all. till he went to one of those parties, in a different village and sat opposite to an english guy, sh could not speak any german. his workmate can not remember what he talked with him, but they had a great time. both of them.


inside, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
another aspect of  those fairs, seeing and being seen.

when i was around the age 14 till 17 the fair was the main place i went to. it was one year and i spend ever day getting proper nicely dressed up.

because of all the guys, and the space, and  having one more possible way to hang out.

best place for it: next to the auto scooter.

outside, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
outside2, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
i was in love with a guy. 2 years older. one of those ones the girls just loved. just because of him. tall, dark hair, dark eyes, a bit of an hip hop style. and endless cool.

i cannot even rephrase how often we hanged around there. passed him, slowly. never talked to him. the perfect love.

just for fun, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
another also more for foreigners of more conservative countries: the result of drinking to much. not just this. a lot more. sorry to say that.

but i guess it is important for german, who are difficult in letting go. but that is just a dump stereotype.

more likely answer: it is tradition, it is fun, it is accepted, because of first. and because of it is is even more fun. cause nobody judges you.

i like it. outside of the boundries of the fair space. hm.. not so good.. here: totally fine and people clap at you.
just a game, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
still a game, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
not anymore, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
the last news around the volksfest. the owner of the place does not wanna have a disco. he wants to have more traditional aspects in the center of interest.

so that means. i guess. earlier times you had a proper old fashioned band on stage who played with trompets and drums in different sizes music, which tells you to move your uper body, but please stay with your bottom on you seats and clap, but don't to much.

more music, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
even more, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
music nowadays in places tent to be much quicker. english, german and bavarian mixed, guitare, drums, still trompets, also different sizes, but very quick. so quick that people do not tend to sit on their seats but stand up. step onto the places were they were sitting and shake their hips.

not so much, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
or maybe, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012

but that is not everything. and actually the byproduct.

the main issue and reason for the tent and all the people being allowed to drink is the so called pfingstritt.


never ending, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
the pfingstritt started already a couple of centuries ago as a result of a promise of a guy to a priest to ride a horse every year to a certain spot. he was ill , deadly ill and the priest should come to him, 7 km away from teh priest place. he did not want to, so some guys promised to come along.

600 years later, he is still dead, but not the promise. but instead of it a lot of more men are taking their horse and riding together to the place.

900 if you would count them. plus minues.

so as well, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012


clothes, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
next to them a lot of people who are watching them. staring as a religious act it turned as a tourist attraction. locally and globally.

 he last time i was there was a couple of years ago. with friends. not from here. they made a lot jokes. about the people, about ridiculous things.

i enjoy making jokes a lot, but not about my home.

finishing off, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
one thing i did not mention up till now. the pfingstwedding.

the pfingstwedding is not real. in terms of legislative aspect. but i terms of money.

the man will be chosen he had to be from keotzing and i think being part of the boysclub. if you can call it like that. he is choosing a girl.

depending on the year it worked. sometimes it is easy to find a girl, sometimes it is not.

i can remember when i was still in school we had one girl who was in the area of getting in there. she wanted and then not. a lot of attention, great clothes and a lot of prestige. but also a lot of money spending for clothes, food, one week of fun and a lifelong series of images of you in wedding clothes, on and off stage.

she did not get it at the end. another friend did. she had a lot stress for a year. before,d uring, after. a lot of press, people's gossip and her own expectations.

the pfingstwedding is part of the tradition, next to the horseride. i am not from thsi city so how can i understand.

finally, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
rest, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
cleaning, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012
we are going home. it is 12 am. final call for drinks is half 11 pm. a bit longer staying is ok. but not too long. the stalls around the area are closing down.

i thought i would play, go with the mini cars, the mega wheel or the crazy roller coaster. or at least shoot. never did this. but time is too quick. and friends are too important.

i spend the most of my time with them. the roller coaster will be there tomorrow as well, the cars, the big wheel.

they used to be there 20 years ago, will be there probably still a while. maybe the next 20 years.

closing, pfingstfest, koetzting, 2nd june 2012

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