After a pause of two years, the world-famous Oktoberfest beer festival is set to kick off again in Germany’s southern city of Munich. The tents have been set up, as have the Ferris wheel and rollercoaster. Gingerbread hearts are hanging from the stalls, and kilos of roasted almonds are ready and waiting. On the streets of the Bavarian capital Munich, many people are wearing traditional clothes including the distinctive dirndl dresses and lederhosen, or leather shorts and braces. With the pandemic not yet over, however, and fears of an autumn and winter wave of infections rife in Germany, Munic…