FIRST held in Munich exactly two centuries ago in 1810, the Oktoberfest fever eventually caught on elsewhere and is now celebrated, on varying scales, around the world – Penang included.
A fun-filled street party was held at Upper Penang Road last Saturday night to mark the annual German-inspired celebration of beer, food and frivolity with hundreds of locals joining their foreign counterparts in revelry.
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