psychodoll777
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The Love Parade has its roots in the spirit of a changing Europe. In 1989, it was first celebrated 4 months before the demolition of the Berlin Wall. It was started by the fresh Berlin Underground under the initiative of Matthias Roeingh aka "Dr. Motte". It was held as a political demonstration for peace and international understanding through music.
Until 1996, the parade was held on the famous Berlin "Kurfürstendamm". Since by then, not only the Kurfürstendamm was overcrowded but the streets and even railway tracks near the Ku'damm, too, the parade moved to the "Straße des 17. Juni" which is near the Tiergarten Park in the center of Berlin by the Brandenburg Gate and provided plenty of space. The center of the parade is the Siegessäule in the middle of the park, and the golden angel atop the column has become a symbol of the parade.
Many people from Germany, Poland, and other countries travel to Berlin to take part in the Parade — over a million attended in the years 1997 through 2000 and 800,000 in 2001. advance notice. 2002 and 2003 also saw lower figures, and in 2004 and 2005 the parade was canceled due to funding difficulties. In 2006, the parade made a comeback The parade saw its highest attendance in over 9 years.
The music played at the events is predominantly electronic dance music: in this case mainly Trance, House, Techno, and Schranz music. Attempts to introduce other music styles, such as hip hop, have failed. Hardcore and Gabber music were part of the parade in early years, but were later removed
There are similar festivals in other cities like Zürich's Street Parade and Love Parades in Vienna. In 1997 a Love Parade was held in Sydney, Australia. Unlike it's overseas counterparts, however, it was a smaller "rave party" version of the festival, held at the infamous Graffiti Hall of Fame in Redfern. In 2000 a Love Parade was held in Roundhay Park, Leeds, United Kingdom sponsored by BBC Radio 1. In 2001, the official UK parade had moved to Newcastle upon Tyne but was cancelled after the police refused a license: BBC Radio 1 still hosted a more contained event, however. Since then no Love Parade had occurred in the United Kingdom. After touching base in the American Continent for the first time in Mexico (2002), in the fall of 2004, the Love Parade was held in San Francisco, marking its second expansion into North America. With the success of both 2002's and 2004's events, it was held again in 2005 and 2006 with great success, although the "Loveparade San Francisco," has been changed to "Love Fest San Francisco," because Dr. Motte is no longer participating with the Love Parade organization, and forever indefinitely as a permanent event in these two places. |
ZenLibrarian
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Good wiki-ish explanation there. Short version: It's a techno music festival with a parade and surrounding parties; used to be very popular but isn't anymore as the heyday of techno is pretty much over. The cliché is that mostly rural people go to it now to feel cosmopolitan and trendy for a day; the scene itself has pretty much moved on.
And, er... it has nothing to do with gay people (though of course there are gay techno fans :) ). The poster that said that is confusing it with Christopher Street Day, which is also widely celebrated in the bigger German cities, draws more of a broad audience and, by the way, is an American invention. |
Nurse stat
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The Love parade = Gay Parade
Gays show their Pride and celebrate it usually in Berlin,but I thing the next time it will be held in a different City of Germany,I believe ,Cologne.
We are in Germany very open and tolerate Gays and their Rights.
The Love parade is like a Carnival, lots to drink sometimes drugs.
I hope that answered your question.
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