IMunich Oktoberfest ikhanseliwe futhi ngobhadane lwe-COVID-19

• U-Oktoberfest bekulindeleke ukuthi abuye ngoSepthemba 2021
• Isimo se-Epidemiological eJalimane asikalawulwa
• Izigidi ezingu-3.4 zithelelekile kanti ezingaphezu kuka-83,000 zishonile ngenxa ye-coronavirus eJalimane

Iziphathimandla zaseBavaria zimemezele ukuthi abathandi bakabhiya kuzofanele balinde omunye unyaka njengomkhosi omkhulu wobhiya emhlabeni, UMunich Oktoberfest, ikhanseliwe unyaka wesibili ngokulandelana ngenxa yobhadane lwe-COVID-19.

Ngemuva kokungabanjwa ngo-2020, umkhosi odumile, owenziwa minyaka yonke eMunich, bekulindeleke ukuthi ubuye kulo Septhemba. Kodwa, ngokusho kweziphathimandla zaseJalimane, isimo sezifo ezweni, lapho izigidi eziyi-3.4 zithelelekile futhi abangaphezu kuka-83,000 bafa ngenxa ye-coronavirus, asikalawulwa. 

“Cabanga nje uma kube khona igagasi elisha bese kuba umcimbi osabalalisa kakhulu. Umkhiqizo uzolimala unomphela - futhi asikufuni lokho, ”kusho uNdunankulu waseBavaria State, uMarkus Soeder, ngesikhathi ememezela ukukhanselwa kwe-Oktoberfest 2021.

Ukuhlukaniswa komphakathi, izifihla-buso, nezinye izindlela zokulwa ne-coronavirus bekungeke "kwenzeke ukufeza" kulo mcimbi, okuvame ukudonsa abantu ababalelwa ezigidini eziyisithupha abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba, kusho uSoeder.

Futhi i-Oktoberfest imayelana nokubopha, hhayi ukuqhela kwezenhlalo, nabantu ababuthana emakhazeni amakhulu futhi behleli ematafuleni omphakathi womphakathi ukuswayipha ubhiya, ukumunca amasoseji, nokulalela umculo womculo ophilayo.

Ngesikhathi lo mkhosi ugcina ukwenziwa, ngo-2019, wakhukhumalisa imali yomnotho waseBavaria ngo- € 1.23 billion ($ 1.5 billion). Kodwa-ke, umphathi we-Oktoberfest uClemens Baumgärtner ubize isinqumo sokukhansela umcimbi walo nyaka "ulungile ngokuphelele". Ukugcina isithunzi sayo “njengomkhosi osezingeni eliphezulu, ophephile” bekubaluleke kakhulu, wagomela.

Akukona okokuqala emlandweni weminyaka engama-200 ka-Oktoberfest ukuthi abagqugquzeli baphoqeleke ukuba bayikhansele ngenxa yobhadane. Ukuqubuka kwekholera kwakhokhelwa ezinhlelweni ngo-1854 no-1873, ngenkathi iMpi Yezwe II ikubona kudlalwa iminyaka eminingi.

Kulindeleke ukuthi kubanjelwe enye i-Oktoberfest eDubai kulo nyaka, kepha abagqugquzeli baseMunich bakubeke kwacaca ukuthi bebengahlangene ngalutho nalo mcimbi. Ngesonto eledlule, uBaumgärtner wakhipha indumezulu yokubanjwa komkhosi wokwahlukana “njengento engenangqondo” futhi wafunga ukuthi uzohlola zonke izinketho zomthetho “ukuvikela i-Oktoberfest yaseMunich.”