Feast - Dance in the Dawn: Cookerball in the English Garden
The weather should be nice: On Sunday, fans of the historical Munich Kocherlball can dance again early in the morning in the English Garden. Starting at 06:00, traditional Bavarian dances will be played at the Chinese Pavilion in the English Garden. At least on Sunday morning, it is expected to be dry and sunny, with thunder showers expected later.
The ball has a tradition of over 10,000 visitors, many in costume, some also in historical uniforms and attire, who make their way early in the morning to dance waltz, polka, schuhplattler, and landler around the Chinese Pavilion. Twice - in 2020 and 2021 - the ball was cancelled due to the pandemic.
The dance master couple Katharina Maier and Markus Kaindl ensure that even beginners do not get out of sync with the partly traditional dances on stage this year. Two music bands - this year Formation Quetschnblech and the Kapelle Massanari - take turns playing for the dance. Both groups play folk music - preferably without sheet music and from the heart, as the organizers announced.
The ball goes back to the 19th century. Back then, on nice summer Sundays, the so-called Kocherl - the household staff - met early in the morning in the English Garden to dance. For the 200-year anniversary of the English Garden in 1989, this tradition was revived. Since then, the ball on the third Sunday in July has developed into a cultural event.
- Despite the potential thunder showers in Germany later in the day, visitors from all over Society will still make their way to Munich on Sunday for the Kocherlball, located in the heart of Bavaria's English Garden.
- As the first light of Dawn breaks over Bavaria, passionate dancers, dressed in a Miscellaneous mix of modern and historical attire, will gather at the Chinese Pavilion in the English Garden for one of Munich's most cherished traditions.
- Even as the music from the Formation Quetschnblech band fills the air in Bavaria, you can't help but feel a sense of history in the air as the Kocherlball continues its long-standing tradition in Munich, the heart of Germany.
