FILE PHOTO: People dressed in traditional clothes sit inside a beer tent after the Oktoberfest parade in Munich, Germany, September 22, 2019. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert - RC1FE6A2A620/File Photo

BERLIN: Germany's Oktoberfest, the world's largest folk festival, where revellers from all over the world gather to swig large quantities of beer, has been cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis, the southern state of Bavaria said on Tuesday (Apr 21).