Фестиваль в баварской Венеции Festival in Bavarian Venice

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On the very border of Austria and Germany there is a small Bavarian city of Passau, located on the banks of the Danube, Inn and Ilz rivers, for which the city received the name "Dreifl? ssestadt - "city of three rivers". All three rivers have different water colors - Blue Danube, Green Inn and Black Ilz. They say that rivers merge almost at one point and even flow for some time without mixing. And the city of Passau is also called the "floating city" and the "Bavarian Venice".
Every year on the last weekend of April, Passau hosts a folklore festival in which people from different parts of Germany and even from other European countries take part. Dressed in national costumes, whole families of several generations, the participants move through the streets of the city: someone on foot, someone in a cart drawn by horses in a festive harness. All this elegant, cheerful procession, accompanied by orchestras, stretches from St. Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom) along the embankment to the Old Town Hall (Altes Rathaus).
And the spectators...The spectators are not only charged with the incredible energy of the festival, watching with delight what is happening, but they can also taste the beer - a glass of this drink will be handed to you by one of the festival participants who suddenly appeared in front of your lens. : )