Oktoberfest

22 Sep 2010 - In a few more weeks the German state of Bayern will celebrate its traditional Oktoberfest, with many in 'lederhosen' and women in 'dirndl dresses' eat and drink as much as they can to celebrate life. The Bayern region is the top producer of beer in Germany, and Germany is only topped by the Czech Republic in beer consumption per capita. Every year about 6 million people join the Oktoberfest, but the consumption of beer has almost doubled in recent years. A few decades ago people drank 3 million liters, but last in total 6,5 million liters of beer was consumed. People do not only drink they also sing, dance and eat. The Oktoberfest organization committee published the amount of meat that is ordered for consumption this year: 459,356 chickens, 53,736 pork legs, and 104 cows. But overall meat consumption is on the decline: in 1981 people ate 350,000 sausages, but this year only 116,000 were ordered.