Iyini i-Oktoberfest
I-Oktoberfest i-Volksfest enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, enombuthano wobhiya nomkhosi wezinkomo. Ibanjwa minyaka yonke eMunich, eBavaria. Kuwumkhosi wendabuko wezinsuku ezingu-16 kuya kwezingu-18 oqala maphakathi noma ngasekupheleni kuka-September kuze kube cishe ngeSonto lokuqala ngo-October, futhi kunezivakashi ezingaphezu kwezigidi eziyisithupha zakwamanye amazwe nezikazwelonke eziba khona kulo mcimbi. Endaweni yakini, ibizwa ngokuthi d<unk>Wiesn, ngemuva kwegama lomphakathi lendawo yemibukiso, iTheresienwiese. I-Oktoberfest iyingxenye ebalulekile yesiko laseBavaria, njengoba ibilokhu ibanjwa kusukela ngonyaka ka-1810. Amanye amadolobha emhlabeni wonke nawo enza imikhosi ye-Oktoberfest elandelwa isenzakalo sokuqala saseMunich.  Phakathi naleso senzakalo, kudliwa ubhiya omningi. Isibonelo, ngesikhathi somkhosi wezinsuku eziyi-16 ngo-2014, kwasetshenziswa amalitha ayizigidi eziyi-7.7 (2,000,000 US gal), okwenza kwaba unyaka lapho kwakudliwa khona ubhiya omningi e-Oktoberfest. Izivakashi zijabulela nezinto eziningi ezikhangayo, ezinjengezinqola zokuzijabulisa, izitolo eziseceleni nemidlalo. Kukhona nezinhlobonhlobo zokudla kwendabuko.  UMunich Oktoberfest ekuqaleni wawugujwa phakathi nezinsuku ezingu - 16 eziholela ngeSonto lokuqala ngo - October. Ngo-1994, lolu hlelo olwalusekhona isikhathi eside lwashintshwa ngenxa yokuhlanganiswa kweJalimane. Ngenxa yalokho, uma iSonto lokuqala ngo-October liwela ngosuku lokuqala noma lwesibili, khona-ke umkhosi wawuyoqhubeka kuze kube u-October 3 (uSuku Lwobunye LwaseJalimane). Ngakho-ke, umkhosi manje uthatha izinsuku ezingu - 17 uma iSonto lokuqala liwu - 2 October nezinsuku ezingu - 18 uma kungu - 1 October. Ngo-2010, lo mkhosi waqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngoMsombuluko wokuqala ngo-Okthoba (4 Okthoba), ukuphawula iminyaka engu-200 yomcimbi.