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This photo was taken during the Sttutgart Beer Festival. After the Oktoberfest which is held annually in Munich, the Stuttgart Beer Festival comes a close second. Like its big brother, Oktoberfest, this festival also takes place end September and had its origins in 1818 to celebrate a harvest after a famine year. 167th Stuttgart Beer Festival will be celebrated in Wasen again! The festival is opened by the traditional tapping of barrels by the mayor of the state capital. What follows is two weeks of fun and frolic, fetes and fairs, rollercoaster rides and elaborate floats, music and dance and of course the great mellow yellow liquid.! All in all the festival is a true display of the local cultural traditions. It also houses the largest and best festival tents accommodating upto 5,000 visitors in each tent.