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The Berlin Love Parade

On 1 July 1989, 150 dancers set off on a demonstration for 'peace, love and pancakes. It would become one of the biggest dance music events in the world.

On 1 July 1989, a group of dancers set off down a Berlin shopping street on a demonstration for 'peace, love and pancakes'. It was the first Berlin Love Parade. The parade would become one of the biggest dance music events in the world - until it ended in tragedy in 2010. Witness speaks to founder DJ Dr Motte.

(Photo: Revellers line the streets at the Berlin Love Parade)

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Wed 1 Jul 2015 07:50GMT
大象传媒 World Service Online

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