The first keg was tapped, and the beer started flowing as the 186th Oktoberfest got underway Saturday in the southern German city of Munich.
Mayor Dieter Reiter inserted the tap in the first keg with two blows of a hammer and the cry of"O'zapt is" —"it's tapped." As tradition demands, he handed the first mug to Bavarian governor Markus Soeder.
Revelers — many women in colorful dirndl dresses and men in traditional Bavarian lederhosen — started lining up in front of the gates before dawn to get inside. The announcement came in German, English and Bavarian — a German dialect so thick and heavy with accent and local vernacular that even many native German speakers from other parts of the country have trouble understanding it.
Around 6 million beer lovers from around the world are expected at the festival in Munich before the Oktoberfest ends on Oct. 6.
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