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"Rise, if you want success," young people are chanting by train from Hamburg's Landungsbrücken subway station – all dressed in brightly colored devil's horns, Hawaiian shirts, flower chains or even panties and miniskirts in psychedelic patterns. According to preliminary information from the organizers, nearly 400,000 fans have already adopted the motto Saturday afternoon.
In a strident retro disguise, many with beer cans, fish sandwiches and bratwurst in hand, they dance between Heiligengeistfeld, fish market and Reeperbahn. This is the North Carnival – the 22nd Schlagermove
At the heart of the city are 46 heavy trucks, privately and corporately funded, with integrated music systems that run every minute on the 3.3-kilometer St. Pauli track . Cult sound hits from the '60s to the' 80s in their fullest volume – be it "A Bed in the Cornfield", "Beautiful Maid", "Sometimes I Want to Go With You" or "Fiesta Mexicana". In addition to hardcore fans dressed in smurf and bay costume, who throw candies and confetti in the crowd, we can see on the wagon close and far away from the stars of the scene of that time live. This year, for example, Bernhard Brink, Bata Illic, Klaus and Klaus and, for the first time, Eva of the Jacob Sisters.
Born of an idea of friends, the very first Schlagermove in 1997 had already attracted 14 trucks and tens of thousands of fans. Since then, according to President Axel Annink of the Hossa Hossa Veranstaltungsgesellschaft mbH, probably 8.6 million celebrated the giant party with free admission. Special incidents are not recorded in police reports in the early hours of the mbad event in 2018.
Existing in Hamburg at Schlagermove: disguised as colorful wigs, in big sunglbades and flared trousers Heiligengeistfeld above the jetties and Reeperbahn overtake them.
Who loves a full-fledged bee, Maya? At first sight, the culprit is at most those who do not like their cans, bottles and plastic goblets in the street. But then there is quickly behind the command and collect the waste tacitly. Nevertheless, organizers are constantly struggling with the discontent of local residents.
Party-goers between the ages of 18 and 80, most of them younger, do not mind. "This has such momentum – they are no longer masters of their senses," three friends happily badyze the exuberance of their peers. From 15:00 to 20:00, fans enjoy the biggest parade of German charts like every year.
Then there will also be a Pay Aftermove Party in five tents on the Heiligengeistfeld, where DJs and other prominent artists want to warm visitors. There, the festival began Friday night in five tents with a few thousand guests.
The age-related experience of the fans experience quickly becomes obvious. For example, friends Faby (19) and Dana (20) from Buxtehude, Lower Saxony, explain that they were not related to the 1970s – but that the relevant music was great. . "We also hear this during our free time – it's a great way to celebrate," say the two young women, who slipped on the Move for the first time and in their dirndl of the previous Oktoberfest.
Bernd from Hamburg, 79, dressed in bright colors, reflects the sound of yesteryear. After all, many people at that time would have preferred more sophisticated songs in English, like the Beatles and the Stones. Nevertheless, Bernd, who is accompanied by his girlfriend Birgit (70 years), is already for the tenth time. "The colorful, the people, the joy, the mood, the laugh, the song and the dance" – all that excited her. "
By RND / dpa
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