{"id":116,"date":"2010-02-03T19:38:03","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T00:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=116"},"modified":"2010-02-03T19:38:03","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T00:38:03","slug":"the-love-parade-friede-freude-eierkuchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/the-love-parade-friede-freude-eierkuchen\/","title":{"rendered":"The love parade – Friede, Freude, Eierkuchen"},"content":{"rendered":"

The love parade is a mega techno music even in Germany event that started about 20 years ago. That also shows me how old I got in the meantime. Since then it attracts every year, with some interruptions here and there, up to 1.6 million people from all over the world who have the largest techno party in the world. The event has moved from the Ku\u2019damm in Berlin to the Ruhrgebiet to cities like Essen in 2007, Dortmund in 2008 and now Duisburg in 2010. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Before every love parade there is a traditional Kampf (struggle) between the organizers of the event and the potential city venues. Nobody wants to take over the Kosten (the cost) of the more than necessary clean up after the event. The parade has turned more into a techno related \u201csehen und gesehen werden\u201d (to see and to be seen) with people trying to out do them in craziness and creativity depending on your own personal view.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Love Parade has turned into a very commercial oriented music event after it was being used by only a few people 20 years ago when techno was less than popular and was mostly laughed due to the lack of musical understanding and technical limits of the people who produced the techno songs. Comparable to the second Woodstock we have seen in New York years ago the development goes more into a mainstream happening proven by the growing numbers of participants every year. The initiators \u201cDJ Westbam\u201d and \u201cDr. Motte\u201d are ready for a well deserved retirement but can still be found at the love parade when it takes place. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Because of the trance like atmosphere at the love parade the mostly younger crowd is also know as the \u201cTechno J\u00fcnger\u201d (Techno <\/span>disciple<\/span><\/a>\/follower) who cheer their favorite DJs on while they drive very slowly through the crowded streets on their converted trailer which function as individual party stages. If you are ready for a lot of unusual fun, watch out for the love parade in Duisburg in the summer of 2010.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ruhrgebiet \u2013 Ruhr area<\/span><\/p>\n

Der Kampf \u2013 the struggle, the fight<\/span><\/p>\n

Die Kosten \u2013 the cost<\/span><\/p>\n

Sehen und gesehen werden \u2013 to see and to be seen<\/span><\/p>\n

Der J\u00fcnger \u2013 the disciple \/ follower<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Friede, Freude, Eierkuchen \u2013 peace, joy and pancakes (German saying for everybody \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>being happy and in agreement)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The love parade is a mega techno music even in Germany event that started about 20 years ago. That also shows me how old I got in the meantime. Since then it attracts every year, with some interruptions here and there, up to 1.6 million people from all over the world who have the largest…<\/p>\n

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