Blasting techno music from large speakers set up in a Volkswagen bus, he led his gyrating friends down the Ku'damm in a Pied Piper-esque scene of raver madness. The next year, the Love Parade's attendance was 2000, and it has been exponentially increasing every year. Last year, over 1.5 million techno-heads showed up from all over the world. About 40 DJ trucks blast their techno beats as loudly as possible as they slowly crawl through the packed parade route. At around 2pm, half of the trucks begin at one end of the route and half at the other, and they all end up at the Victory Column in Berlin's central park, the Tiergarten.
Pleasure stands for music as a means of global communication.
Pancake stands for a just distribution of food in the world. If it is changed, a huge chunk of money ordinarily provided by the city will be held back, and the Parade will suffer dramatically. So while the Parade will absolutely happen, the exact form it takes this year is unknown. But the Parade seems to face governmental adversity every year, and still always come out on top. Still, many Berliners feel that the Love Parade has a positive message.