Das Tanzverbot, meaning ‘dancing ban’ is a legal provision in Germany which means that, on certain ‘silent’ public holidays, dancing in public is officially banned. You may remember this word flying around over the Easter break, as there is a full Tanzverbot on Good Friday in twelve of Germany’s sixteen federal states. And, of course, the Tanzverbot took on a new meaning when the pandemic restrictions closed clubs. After the Corona-Pandemic all dancing bans and silent public holidays should be scrapped. Bavaria even has a Musikverbot (music ban) on some public holidays, meaning businesses are not even allowed to play background music.

Source: The Local June 23, 2021 09:22 UTC