Bauernfest 99
10th German Settler Party
During ten days, from June 25 to July 4, people from
Petrópolis will celebrate their German roots with lots of beer,
dancing and traditional music. They will celebrate the first
German settlers who arrived in the city, in 1845, with the
Bauernfest - German Settler Party. In the people's vocabulary
beer, bauern (settler), bierwagem (truck delivering beer in the
streets) and sauerkraut are all the words you are likely to hear.
The historians estimate that at least 40% of the 280,000
Petrópolis inhabitants (about 110,000 people) have direct
descent from the first families which settled the city.
For the tenth time the bucolic Imperial City is covered by the
colors of the German flag colors - yellow, black and red, spread
everywhere throughout Petrópolis. Folk dance groups warm the
cold nights of the winter. People from Petrópolis share all the
German happiness with the tourists to celebrate their traditions.
The City Hall, which organizes the event with Petrotur, the
official Petrópolis tourism office, estimates that 300 thousand
people are expected to attend the party. During the ten day
party, by Petrotur's expectations, 30 thousand liters of beer
will be consumed.
It takes only 45 minutes for the tourists to feel they have
arrived in Germany - from Rio to Petrópolis. The Crystal Palace,
one of the most important and most visited Petrópolis monuments,
right in the heart of the city, will be the main Bauernfest's
settings.
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Five porches placed at the streets
Alfredo Pachá, Presidente Kennedy, Padre Siqueira and at
Praça da Confluência, main accesses to the area around
the Palace, welcome monuments to the public. 26 stands
reminding you of German architecture will sell food and
souvenirs. The whole event will be carefully prepared;
from the stands to indicating signs plates, as well as a
stage where bands and groups will perform and where balls
will take place.The event's programming, with free
admission every day, forecasts theater performing about
the settling, called Bauernszene, bands and folks groups
parades in the main streets of the city. The Bauernfest is an initiative of the Petrópolis City Hall, but the whole community is involved in the event. One who looks for hotels or lodging in the city, for example, will find receptionists wearing typical German clothes and wreath. The House of Petrópolis, an institute of culture, for example, has its own special programming during the Bauernfest, which comprises art exhibitions by Moni Reski and Marcelo Lago. |
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A sculptor descendant from German family, Moni makes use of
her memories to create opera characters made of old fabric. The
visitors will also see the installations by Marcelo Lago. In the
House of Petrópolis, which will open every day during the event,
visitors will enjoy the Glaziou Café and the Chopp Cidade
Imperial where they will serve traditional German recipes with
black beer and Colonial Café.
Extra Attraction
Teresa Street, the biggest open mall in the country, comprising
about a thousand stores, will join the German roots celebration.
The employees will receive visitors wearing traditional clothes
and the shopkeepers will participate in a German motif store
window contest sponsored by the Rua Teresa Association. The
customers will enjoy folk dance group performances in diverse
hours, on Saturdays, June 19 and 26 and July 3.
See the complete
Bauernferst's programming here.