In many countries it is celebrated, eaten and drunk according to Bavarian traditions. Like in the Plevna Restaurant in Tampere, where our fifth “Each one teach one” meeting took place. Maria and I wanted to show Nedas and Diego the Bavarian tradition. Even if it was not like the real Oktoberfest, which actually takes part in a tent with ale-benches on which everybody is dancing. But we still could give them some insights into this tradition.
A brass band played Estonian folk music. They used to play German folk music on the Oktoberfest but also Schlager music. It was funny when they played a German Christmas song called “O Tannenbaum”, which means “O Christmas tree”. The band played the important “Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit” (“cosiness Cheers”) song always after a few songs, how it should be.
The waitresses and the band members were all dressed up in garb, the traditional clothes. The men are wearing “Lederhosen” and the women “Dirndl”. Therefore, we explained Diego and Nedas how they can recognize if a woman is single or not. The women are binding their apron differently. If a woman wears the ribbon on the left, it means she is single. The ribbon on the right side means the woman is taken. If she wears the ribbon in the middle she is a virgin and if she wears the ribbon on the back it means she is a widow or a waitress.
Even if the 1 L pitcher beer was quite expensive and the music weird for people, who are not used to it, I hope that my “Each one teach one” partners still enjoyed it. And maybe, they going to visit the real Oktoberfest ones.
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