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German city angry over Dubai's 'Oktoberfest' event

A Dubai Oktoberfest event modeled after the beer-filled German festival will take place in October in the UAE's largest city.
A man holds up the official 2020 Oktoberfest beer mug in front of the Bavaria monument at Theresienwiese in Munich, southern Germany, the place of the yearly beer festival, on Sept. 19, 2020. The traditional Bavarian Oktoberfest beer festival would have started today, but it was canceled a few months ago due to the ongoing novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.

A German city is angry about an Oktoberfest event planned in Dubai.

Oktoberfest is an annual festival that takes place in the fall in Munich. It is perhaps best known internationally for the large quantities of beer consumed during the festivities. It was canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the festival announced today that it would not take place this year either.

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