At America’s Oktoberfest, German heritage looms large
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Tourists take part in Oktoberfest celebrations in downtown Cincinnati on September 19 (Photo: AFP)
Oompah bands push their brass instruments to the limit as a group of locals sporting lederhosen and dirndl dresses raise their beer steins to loud cheers.
It could be a scene from Bavaria but instead it is in the US heartland city of Cincinnati, which celebrated one of the largest Oktoberfest events outside of Munich this weekend.
The dressing-up and beer drinking is not all for show: this midwestern Read more [...]