Botellón
As Botellón [ boteʎon ] (Spanish for " big bottle ", plural: Botellones ) Botelleo [ boteʎeo ], Botellona [ boteʎona ] or Borrachera [ boratʃeɾa ] is in Spain, an approximately early to mid -1990s been perfect custom adolescents and young adults referred to primarily in the evening gather on the weekends to the common consumption of alcohol in public places and celebrations. The name refers to the type of alcohol, preferably from large self-mixed 1.5 - done or 2 -liter bottles, buy the participants of Botellones in stores themselves. The Botellón usually marks the start of the evenings on weekends.
Since about 2003, so-called Macrobotellones are known in which some thousands of participants gather mainly in the major Spanish cities. This Macrobotellones are usually often organized spontaneously through websites, e- mail or text message and have now developed into a kind of competition between the young people of Spanish cities. The aim of the organizers is unknown, thereby bringing together the largest possible crowd spontaneously. One of the biggest Macrobotellones in Spain came in March 2004 in Seville, about 70,000 people together.
Controversies
Spain
Whether drinking alcoholic beverages is allowed on public streets and squares or not, is determined by the autonomous communities in Spain. Most often the Botellones are in the south where it is warm all year round enough to gather outside. At the southern tip of Spain, in Andalusia, the Botellones but were banned in December 2006.
Switzerland
In summer 2008, attended reports of " Massenbesäufnisse " in several Swiss cities stir. In Geneva, the police prevented a second Botellón after the first time huge mountains of waste remained. Meanwhile, the city of Geneva tolerated the collective self- getting drunk under the condition that the initiators guarantee the safety and cleanliness after the feast. In return, the city toilets.
In Zurich was invited via the Internet platform Facebook for 29 August 2008 at a Botellón, had then agreed to participate within a few days around 1800. Despite subsequent cancellation of the organizer, came forward to probably thanks to the media coverage, more than 7,000 people for the Botellón.
At the mass booze attended the evening of the 29th month of August, according to the city police and protection and rescue Zurich finally around 2,000 mostly young people participated. According to protection and rescue Zurich is with increasing alcohol consumption increased aggressiveness and there had been several violent clashes. Chance also paramedics were attacked. A total of 22 people with various injuries and symptoms of alcohol and drug poisoning had to be taken to the nearby hospitals. Also there were several acts of vandalism. So most of the waste container, which were distributed on the area were upset by participants. The mass booze left on the Zurich Blatterwiese according to media reports estimated six tons of waste. Since this would mean that a participant has produces three kilograms of waste, on average, it could be in this specification to a dramatization. Also in the surrounding neighborhood streets were considerable quantities of waste to dispose of. The strewn with broken glass and partially soiled with vomit on the lakeside lawn had to be closed in order for the population.