Quote Originally Posted by Larry124 View Post
I like that. Is it really "unfortunate"? These affairs are festivals after all.
I believe that it is unfortunate. If we want to hold a festival [3. Revelry; conviviality.], we can hold those at any time and for any reason.

Celebrate anything -- like every Friday during the summer we have "Rocking on the River" known to the locals as "Drunk on the River."

The purpose: Listen to loud music and get drunk.

But with "themed" festivals [2. An often regularly recurring program of cultural performances, exhibitions, or competitions.] then I really believe there should be more ... well ... culture.

Which takes me back to wanting lederhosen.

At the Irish Fest, a number of people wear kilts with varying degrees of good taste and digression.

At the German Fest, I've only seen lederhosen once and the man wearing them looked GOOD.

M'Lady, born in Northern Italy, tells me that Italy doesn't really have any "national dress" and historically hasn't really been a nation. I take her word for it since her knowledge of that area is much better than mine.