After the reception of the guests of the G-7 summit, which was lined with traditional costumes and mountain riflemen, criticism of the Bavarian folklore on display rained down. But it is deeply rooted, and many a person who wanted to get rid of it has already bitten his teeth off.
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Hans Kratz
After US President Joe Biden landed at Munich Airport on Saturday, a number of observers on the social media channel Twitter’s blood pressure rose to dangerous levels – almost like the HB male in cigarette advertising, who was outraged in the air went. Actually nothing exciting happened. It was like always when high-ranking guests set foot on Bavarian soil: the Prime Minister welcomed them and numerous people in traditional costumes stood in line. Prime Minister Markus Söder also wore a traditional jacket, and the reception was clearly Bavarian in colour. But that’s exactly what some users castigated in blasphemous terms as a provincial, even intolerable process.