The regional government of German state of Baden-Württemberg said it is considering relaxing the state's ban on dancing during Easter and other Christian holidays. The holiday law, often called the Tanzverbot, or dance ban, is present in some form in
all German states. It forces nightclubs to close and in some cases bans live music in rooms where food and drink is served. Punishments vary, but violators can risk fines of up to 1,500 Euros. Party-central city states such as Berlin have relaxed
the law in recent years, but even it doesn't allow dance events to start before 9pm on Good Friday. Baden-Württemberg, a state with a higher Catholic population than most, is among the strictest states, and bans dancing throughout Maundy Thursday, Good
Friday, and Easter Saturday, until 3am on Easter Sunday. It also imposes the ban from Christmas Eve until 3am on 26 December. The church is not impressed at the state's moves to relax the law. A spokesman for the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese told
the Stuttgarter Zeitung: As far as the Catholic church is concerned, Good Friday is not open to debate,
Bavaria has already announced that it would not be changing its rules. Currently the dance ban
there lasts four whole days at Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday, and is also imposed on other Christian holy days. | 
