Young women wearing traditional Bavarian “Dirndl” dresses cheer with beer mugs after the official opening of the 177th edition of the Oktoberfest beer festival in a tent at the Theresienwiese in Munich, southern Germany, on September 18, 2010. The world’s biggest beer festival Oktoberfest, celebrating the 200th birthday since its creation, runs until October 4, 2010. AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIAN WIDMANN