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BLUMENAU, Santa Catarina – The organizers of the Oktoberfest in Blumenau announced on Monday that attendance at the 28th edition of the event, which began on October 6th and ended on Sunday, reached 563,925 people. The event, held each year in German Village, attracted more visitors than had been expected by the organizing committee which projected an attendance of 550,000.
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BLUMENAU, Santa Catarina – The organizers of the 28th Annual Blumenau Oktoberfest expect to receive over 170,000 more visitors by Sunday, when the 11-day festival ends, bringing this year's attendance to 550,000.
BLUMENAU, Brazil – The 28th Annual Oktoberfest is set to begin tomorrow in Blumenau, Santa Catarina and is expected to draw 600,000 people from all over the world for 18 days of celebration.
BLUMENAU, Brazil – The pavilions where this famous Oktoberfest is scheduled to begin early next month were affected by flooding in the Vale do Itajai. Also affected were almost one million people the the State of Santa Catarina.
Blumenau Floods (photo: terra.com.br)
BLUMENAU, Brazil – Civil Defense Authorities in Santa Catarina have extended the State of Emergency, declared on Thursday, to 10 municipalities in the southern state, reports O Globo online.
| BLUMENAU, Brazil – Heavy rains and flooding have put this city, in the southern state of Santa Catarina, on alert. According to State Civil Defense, two landslides were reported on Wednesday in the city, reported terra.com.
