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Oktoberfest (2019): After a corona break, the largest folk festival in the world is to take place again in 2022
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No other party song is currently being discussed as much as »Layla«.
At the Oktoberfest, the song - controversial because of its questionable lyrics - will at least not be banned.
"Whoever wants to play it should play it, whoever doesn't want to play it shouldn't play it," said Wiesn boss and economics officer Clemens Baumgärtner (CSU) in Munich.
»We are neither culture nor language police.«
Whether the song will actually be heard is open.
According to "t-online.de", host spokesman Peter Inselkammer recently said that among the hosts there was the prevailing opinion that "Layla" should not be played in the tents.
There are many other good songs.
The song by DJ Robin & Schürze made it to number one in the German charts.
The reason for the criticism is the text, which says, among other things: “I have a whorehouse – and my whorehouse mom is called Layla.
She's prettier, younger, hornier.« Würzburg has banned the playing of »Layla« at the Kiliani folk festival.
And at the Düsseldorf fair, the Schützen, as organizers, banned the song in their marquee - according to media reports, it was still played, but in an instrumental version.
They advised the other operators of tents and rides not to play the song either.
»People choose what they like as number 1 in the charts.
I don't have to get involved," said Baumgärtner.
“I'm not an art critic either.
I personally don't like it.«
"The Wiesn is not sexist," claims the director.
The Oktoberfest is neither homophobic nor excluding in any other way.
»The Wiesn is not an area for hostility towards anyone.«
»The Wiesn will not lead to the lights going out in Munich«
Baumgärtner also made it clear that the Oktoberfest should not be canceled despite the expected escalation of the corona situation in autumn.
"The Wiesn is taking place," he said.
With this clear statement, all misunderstandings should be cleared up, said Baumgärtner to speculation that it could still be canceled.
The largest folk festival is to be celebrated from September 17th to October 3rd.
As a precaution, however, the city contractually transfers the economic risk of a possible cancellation to the innkeepers, showmen and market traders.
Neither the city nor the taxpayer would have to pay for it, according to Baumgärtner.
The festival will not cause additional energy shortages.
The power consumption at the Wiesn is 0.6 per mille of the annual consumption of the city of Munich, with gas it is 0.1 per mille.
"The Wiesn will not lead to the lights going out in Munich." Also, nobody has to freeze because of the folk festival.
bbr/dpa/AFP
