{"id":4959,"date":"2014-05-30T23:00:11","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T23:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=4959"},"modified":"2017-11-15T14:27:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T14:27:33","slug":"ballermann-the-german-way-to-celebrate-life-for-some","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/ballermann-the-german-way-to-celebrate-life-for-some\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballermann! The German way to celebrate life (for some)!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The summer can be a party! In Germany, this <em>F<\/em><em>eiern\u00a0<\/em>(partying)\u00a0can take very special, interesting forms. A very well-known form is\u00a0<em>Ballermann,\u00a0<\/em>a word combination of the words\u00a0<em>ballern<\/em>, which is only used colloquially for drinking excessive amounts of alcohol, and the word\u00a0<em>Mann<\/em>, which just means man. Probably this combination was chosen because\u00a0<em>ballern\u00a0<\/em>can rather be ascribed to men. This is not a very widespread practice, however. The more widespread use of the word concerns the music that is associated with this &#8220;party style&#8221;. It is a combination of Eurodance, some electronic techno-style music and the German <i>Schlager.<\/i> The texts are &#8211; and even for German pop singers this is not always the case &#8211; in German. They often concern themes like partying, love, or just something entirely made up without any logic or theme as background. A nice example is the <em>Fliegerlied<\/em> (Kite Song)\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fliegerlied mit Songtext (lyrics)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WS8YQK6x9BM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Some well-known artists are Tim Toupet, as in the song above, Markus Becker, J\u00fcrgen Drews, Mickie Krause and Helene Fischer.<\/p>\n<p>In the summer,\u00a0<em>Ballermann<\/em>, both the party style and the music, can be found a lot on party islands like Mallorca, also called <em>Malle\u00a0<\/em>in Germany,\u00a0in the Mediterranean Sea. So in this summer, that island will be full of Germans again that want to enjoy the summer, sun and beach. A very well-known place that establishes the mood every year here, but definitely is not the only one in the scene, is the bar\u00a0<em>Ballermann<\/em>\u00a0<em>6\u00a0<\/em>in the capital city of the island, Palma.<\/p>\n<p>Other than in the summer\u00a0<em>Ballermann\u00a0<\/em>is present in the winter at\u00a0<em>Apr\u00e8s-Ski\u00a0<\/em>events, or during the\u00a0<em>K\u00f6lscher\u00a0<\/em><i>Karneval\u00a0<\/i>in Cologne. <em>Ballermann<\/em> is a registered trademark\u00a0&#8211; and thus every party, club, CD or other event that carries the name needs to apply for it to be allowed to call it\u00a0<em>Ballermann<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Have you heard of this before? Do you have a very own way of partying in your culture? What do you think about the song? Leave a comment!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/05\/Strand_am_Ballermann_6-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/05\/Strand_am_Ballermann_6-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/05\/Strand_am_Ballermann_6-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/05\/Strand_am_Ballermann_6-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>The summer can be a party! In Germany, this Feiern\u00a0(partying)\u00a0can take very special, interesting forms. A very well-known form is\u00a0Ballermann,\u00a0a word combination of the words\u00a0ballern, which is only used colloquially for drinking excessive amounts of alcohol, and the word\u00a0Mann, which just means man. Probably this combination was chosen because\u00a0ballern\u00a0can rather be ascribed to men. 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