NEWBERRY — As part of the Newberry Oktoberfest virtual festival 2020 participants were invited to compete in a scavenger hunt across the City of Newberry.
Scavenger hunt clues were posted to the City of Newberry’s Facebook and Instagram stories for their regular Walkin’ Wednesday weekly series. The scavenger hunt theme was for participants to find a lucky, New Year, German marzipan pig at various popular locations across the city limits.
Per the Newberry Oktoberfest website, in the German language, Schwein gehabt or “having a pig” means being lucky. Giving away little porkies made of sugar and almond paste is a New Year’s tradition meant for good fortune.
Marzipan is a confection consisting primarily of sugar or honey and almond meal, sometimes augmented with almond oil or extract. This candy treat has origins not only in Germany, but Spain and Italy as well.