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00:01:01Munich at dawn. Why thousands of people get up in the middle
00:01:05of the night for the legendary Cochel Ball, or the Ball of
00:01:08Cooks. 150 years of Wagner, why
00:01:12the city of Bayreuth still attracts devotees from
00:01:15all over the world and changes in the world of fashion.
00:01:19Why are black models today more successful than ever.
00:01:23All and much more in today's
00:01:25Euromax.
00:01:42What was once a small gathering of dance lovers in the
00:01:45early morning hours in Munich's English Garden
00:01:48has grown into a large annual event. Every year
00:01:52thousands of people come to Kohel Bal, and the celebration begins
00:01:56long before the sun rises. Once
00:01:59a year, on the third Sunday in July, revelers get up before
00:02:02dawn to attend Munich's Kohrl Ball,
00:02:06known as the Cook's Ball. 19-year-old Leonora Hampel
00:02:09is already on her feet, she drove almost an hour from her small town
00:02:13in Bavaria to reach Munich before the start
00:02:15of the celebration.
00:02:18I have to get ready, I still have to put on my dirndl
00:02:21and put on makeup. It's not easy to get up at
00:02:252 AM, but when it comes to Kohrl Ball, it's not difficult
00:02:28at all.
00:02:31Tracht, the traditional Bavarian costume, is mandatory at this ball, but you have to get up
00:02:35very early for it. Who else gets up at 2 AM to drink
00:02:38beer somewhere at 3 AM, but once you
00:02:41experience it, it's really great. It's
00:02:453 AM and it's time to go. With a candle in one
00:02:48hand and an instrument in the other, Leonora pushes through the
00:02:51beer tables, but how to find friends among
00:02:55so many people? I found them.
00:02:58This student is not the only
00:03:01fan of traditional folk music, she knows most of those present
00:03:04from regular gatherings of folk music lovers in her
00:03:08area, they gather to play together and sometimes it lasts all
00:03:11night. Leonora grew up with folk music. For someone
00:03:15who didn't grow up with it, it's probably strange, but
00:03:19for me it gives a feeling of home, friendship and
00:03:22tradition, especially here at Kohrl Bal, because this is part
00:03:26of our heritage. Meanwhile, in the English Garden
00:03:32thousands of people gathered, most brought their own food
00:03:35and candles, but drinks must be bought, by 4 AM there is almost
00:03:39no free space, and what is drunk at 4
00:03:42AM, of course beer.
00:03:46We just left the club,
00:03:52that's why we're still awake.
00:03:54We'll dance, have a good time and enjoy Hohrba to the fullest.
00:03:58And traditional clothing
00:04:01leatherhosen and Dirndle are back in fashion. Parents, grandparents
00:04:05told me that 30 or 40 years ago, almost no one came to
00:04:09Oktoberfest in traditional costumes, but today it's
00:04:12a real trend.
00:04:14Coherball is one of
00:04:18Munich's most unusual traditions. This event dates back to
00:04:21the 19th century, when household servants, cooks, and valets
00:04:25gathered to make the best use of their rare free
00:04:28hours, "koherl" was the name for kitchen staff, while the upper
00:04:32class spent Sunday morning in church, workers could
00:04:36freely celebrate, by 10 AM they had to return to
00:04:39work, the ball was officially banned in 1904.
00:04:42Maidservants here met officers and
00:04:46gave birth to many illegitimate children, because of this they
00:04:49had problems finding work for a long time. There were too many
00:04:53children born out of wedlock, so the ball was banned due to
00:04:56lack of morality. The dance at the Chinese Tower was reintroduced
00:05:00in 1989. It's almost 6 AM.
00:05:021989.
00:05:08Time to dance.
00:05:10Leonora can't wait,
00:05:13her dance partner Florian has just arrived and together
00:05:16they go to the floor.
00:05:18They dance waltz, polka and
00:05:25traditional folk dances. Today, around
00:05:2912,000 guests gathered. The next four hours
00:05:32are exclusively reserved for dancing without
00:05:35a break.
00:05:36There is a warm atmosphere and
00:05:39good mood. "No one here will be left out,
00:05:43everyone is in a great mood, Munich is a city where you can really
00:05:47live well as a person.
00:05:50We wanted to drink all night and then
00:05:54stop by here, but the coffee is really good.
00:05:58Not bad, the coffee is
00:06:00good, yes. It's already
00:06:029:00 AM and the first signs of fatigue are becoming
00:06:06obvious.
00:06:07I'm a little tired and my feet
00:06:12are starting to hurt, but I'm holding on, three
00:06:16hours of continuous dancing, that's a real
00:06:19workout.
00:06:21If you really want to experience
00:06:27Bavarian, i.e. Munich culture, come to the Hochelball
00:06:31and not to Oktoberfest, here the real
00:06:34Munich culture is preserved, I wish more people would think about
00:06:37where this tradition comes from and how it develops. Maybe then
00:06:41they will understand it better, then just enjoy, just
00:06:45come and have a good time.
00:06:48At the very end, even the beautiful summer
00:06:50weather began to falter, but that cannot spoil the celebration
00:06:54of the Bavarians. Most stay until the end at 10
00:06:58AM, waiting for the last dance at this year's
00:07:01Munich Kohhelball.
00:07:03Next is Bayreuth.
00:07:08Every summer, Wagner fans from all over the world
00:07:11pilgrimage to this small Bavarian town. Euromax
00:07:14reporter, Lukas Stege went
00:07:18there to find out why the famous composer still attracts
00:07:21so much attention. Every summer, thousands of people from all
00:07:25over the world come to the small Bavarian town of Bayreuth, and have been doing so for
00:07:28150 years. But why?
00:07:32Even
00:07:33The New York Times
00:07:38included Bayreuth on its list of 52 places to
00:07:41visit in 2026.
00:07:44And all thanks to him,
00:07:49composer Richard Wagner, the controversial
00:07:52superstar of the 19th century who founded
00:07:56the Bayreuth Festival. Richard Wagner commissioned the construction
00:08:00of a new enormous opera house exclusively for the Bayreuth
00:08:03Festival. Performances here are held only during the summer,
00:08:07and the repertoire consists exclusively of his works.
00:08:11Was it vanity,
00:08:13ego, or was there something more
00:08:17behind it all? Richard Wagner was a rebel and
00:08:20a provocateur. He radically changed the world of opera, but his
00:08:23person is still widely debated today. He was a fervent
00:08:27anti-Semite.
00:08:29Adolf Hitler, who adored
00:08:32Wagner's music, was a welcome guest in
00:08:35Bayreuth.
00:08:36Even today, Wagner's devotees from
00:08:40all over the world pilgrimage to the festival, there is enormous
00:08:43interest in tickets even though the audience sits for hours in the un-airconditioned
00:08:47hall on hard wooden
00:08:51chairs. Why do people willingly
00:08:54do this? Let's find out on a tour of Bayreuth, following the traces
00:08:58of Richard Wagner. It's a quiet and peaceful town
00:09:02that comes alive every year at the end of July, because it's festival
00:09:06time.
00:09:08It all starts with a big parade
00:09:12of famous people. German politicians, including
00:09:16former Chancellor Angela Merkel, especially like to come
00:09:20here. During the five weeks of the festival,
00:09:22about 30 performances
00:09:26are held, including outdoor concerts attended by almost
00:09:2960,000 visitors.
00:09:32Most come from Europe, but many fans also come from
00:09:36the United States and Japan. And here it is. And that's
00:09:39it, the final destination of pilgrimage for all Wagner
00:09:42fans. The Festival House. Wagner's opera
00:09:46house was relatively simple, but also very
00:09:49innovative. For example, there are no lavish boxes in it because nothing
00:09:52should distract from what is happening on stage.
00:09:56The acoustics are outstanding, partly due to the large amount of wood
00:09:59used in its construction. Here Wagner's monumental work, the Ring
00:10:03of the Nibelung, is often performed, which takes us
00:10:07into the world of Germanic-Norse mythology where gods and humans
00:10:10fight for the Rhine gold. The performance lasts
00:10:14a total of 16 hours spread over four
00:10:17days. The world had never seen anything like it before. The first
00:10:20festival was held in 1876.
00:10:24The Ring, as Wagner fans affectionately call it, had its
00:10:27premiere here, but it was a complete failure. Many
00:10:31viewers were simply taken aback and didn't know what
00:10:34to think, says Martin Šolti. Wagner was left with enormous
00:10:37debts. For 25 years, Martin has
00:10:41performed every summer as an extra at the Bayreuth
00:10:45Festival. When he is not on stage, Šolti leads
00:10:48organized tours of the building for group visits.
00:10:51If I want to see a performance, how much does
00:10:56a ticket cost? Tickets with a limited view
00:10:58of the stage cost 15 euros, and the most expensive ones
00:11:02around 400 euros.
00:11:05As you walk through Bayreuth, here and there you will come across small
00:11:09Wagner statues that mark Wagner's path and lead you to
00:11:13places connected with the composer's life.
00:11:16Wagner's path ends at
00:11:20Villa Wahnfried, the house that Richard Wagner built for himself
00:11:24and his family, but with money he actually didn't have.
00:11:27He was constantly in debt. In front of the house is a bust
00:11:31of Bavarian King Ludwig II, a great Wagner
00:11:34admirer.
00:11:36This bust seems to say,
00:11:40sponsored by Ludwig. Without the help of King Ludwig, Wagner
00:11:43would not have been able to finance his first festival or this
00:11:47villa.
00:11:49Today, Villa Wahnfried houses
00:11:51the Wagner Museum. The atmosphere of the time when Richard Wagner
00:11:55and his wife Cosima often welcomed guests in their
00:11:59salon can still be felt. And finally, a
00:12:02tip. Every summer, on the large
00:12:07lawn in front of the Festival House, two free
00:12:11open-air concerts are held. All you need to do is
00:12:14bring a blanket, sit on the grass and enjoy
00:12:17the music. But can that really replace going to
00:12:20the theater? This tour of Bayreuth
00:12:23certainly aroused my
00:12:27curiosity, now I understand much better why the Bayreuth
00:12:30Festival fascinates people so much, and what do
00:12:33you think, is watching Wagner's opera in the Festival House really
00:12:36a once-in-a-lifetime experience?
00:12:40Ajag Die has come a long way from Sudan via
00:12:43Uganda to Paris. Although
00:12:46she never dreamed of becoming a model, today
00:12:49she belongs to a new generation of African talents who are changing
00:12:53the face of the fashion industry.
00:12:56The Paris Haute Couture Week represents the very top of the fashion
00:12:59world. Only selected
00:13:02designers have the opportunity to present their handcrafted
00:13:05unique creations to international stars, such as American
00:13:08rapper Cardi B. At the center of attention is
00:13:11Sudanese model Ajag Die. This
00:13:1424-year-old is modeling for Indian designer
00:13:18Rahul Mishra and is trying to stay completely
00:13:21calm. Just don't
00:13:25fall. Be calm, enjoy
00:13:28the runway, this is your moment.
00:13:30I'm thinking about something completely
00:13:32different, I don't want to look at the audience, I don't want to be
00:13:36stressed or nervous, I'm thinking
00:13:38about my facial expression, look beautiful, don't look repulsive,
00:13:42smile. Ajag Dew has so far participated in
00:13:45more than a hundred fashion shows, she has appeared on
00:13:48the covers of numerous magazines, the last of which
00:13:52was the July cover of Portuguese
00:13:55Vogue for 2026.
00:13:58This made someone extremely
00:14:02proud. My grandmother was overjoyed, she said,
00:14:04"Oh my God, you're in Paris." Every time I appear in
00:14:07a magazine, I show it to my grandmother and say, "I'm on
00:14:11the cover." Then I see how proud she is. Ajag
00:14:14Dew was born in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. When she
00:14:18was nine years old, her family moved to Uganda, where she was
00:14:22spotted by a talent scout three years later.
00:14:25However, modeling was never her dream. I was with
00:14:29a friend at the mall, a man approached me and
00:14:33asked, "Do you want to be a model?" I said,
00:14:37"No," I was still a child, and he said,
00:14:41"Well, you could try." And so I tried,
00:14:44it worked, now I'm here in Paris,
00:14:47a Sudanese girl. Ajag moved to Paris in the autumn
00:14:51of 2025. The modeling job completely
00:14:54changed her life. I really don't know how to
00:14:57explain it, but it's very difficult. You never know what
00:15:01you'll be doing tomorrow. I don't know what I'll be doing tomorrow. Neither does
00:15:05my agency. Everything is decided at the last minute.
00:15:08Models like Ajag who come from Sudan or
00:15:12South Sudan today have a very prominent place on world
00:15:16fashion runways. Ajag. Of the 50 currently most successful models,
00:15:19many trace their roots to this region. People from Sudan, Ethiopia, that
00:15:23part of the world have a build that
00:15:28makes clothes particularly impressive. I think there has never
00:15:32been more diversity on the fashion runway, some designers who previously
00:15:35only hired European, or white models, for which they were
00:15:38criticized on social media, are now careful not to
00:15:42repeat that mistake. Ten years ago at a Prada show you
00:15:45could only see white models, today that is no longer
00:15:49the case. It seems that we are only now
00:15:53discovering the beauty of African women, but they have always been beautiful and
00:15:56have always been here, but agencies did not represent them for
00:15:59a long time, they refused them only because of their skin
00:16:03color, today that has changed.
00:16:06Supermodel Anok Yai of South
00:16:09Sudanese descent was named Model of the Year for
00:16:132025. She is considered a pioneer who opened the doors of the fashion
00:16:17world to black models. The person who has influenced
00:16:21me the most recently is certainly Anok Yai.
00:16:24I think many people after her success started
00:16:27to hire more such models. When I was
00:16:31little, I wished to see more models like her in
00:16:34commercials and on television, so that I could identify
00:16:38with them. I'm glad that has changed.
00:16:41And Ajacque is grateful for all that she has
00:16:44achieved. It's a great privilege to be
00:16:47here, to travel to different countries, to do things that I could never
00:16:51do at home, it really
00:16:54is. A Žak sees her future in
00:16:57Africa. In Europe, in
00:17:0110 years, I don't know, I'll live here and
00:17:05there, I'll somehow reconcile it, my whole
00:17:07family lives in Uganda, I miss them terribly, just
00:17:11a few minutes ago I was texting them, she still dreams that
00:17:14one day she will walk the runway for one of the most famous fashion houses
00:17:18in Paris, Balenciaga is my dream, I love
00:17:22Balenciaga, maybe one day,
00:17:25at Haute Couture Week in July
00:17:292026, Anok Yai
00:17:33opened the show for the fashion house Balenciaga, presenting
00:17:36the first collection of its new creative director
00:17:39Paolo Piccioli, and then also
00:17:42closed it, wearing a traditional wedding dress.
00:17:46Maybe Jacque Die is not so far from realizing her dream,
00:17:48but before that she is going on a well-deserved
00:17:51vacation. In a new series, we present young
00:17:55believers of different faiths from all over
00:17:59Europe, today we will meet a young
00:18:03Protestant from the Netherlands. Josephine
00:18:06Pell will show us why faith still occupies an important place
00:18:09in her everyday life.
00:18:12For me, Jesus is someone who is always with you, no matter
00:18:15where you are. He lives in your heart. He is there
00:18:18in difficult times, but also
00:18:21in beautiful ones. Josephine Pell is 22
00:18:25years old, and today she will show us what it means to her
00:18:29to be a devoted Protestant. In her
00:18:32home country, the Netherlands, she belongs to a minority because
00:18:35only every third person her age identifies as
00:18:38a member of a religious community. I used to
00:18:42feel very lonely in my faith, because there weren't
00:18:45many religious young people at school. I went to
00:18:48a Christian elementary school and a Christian high school, but I was
00:18:52still the only true believer.
00:18:55Josephine studies pedagogy in her hometown of Utrecht,
00:18:58every Sunday morning while many of her peers are still sleeping,
00:19:02she goes to mass.
00:19:05Protestant mass has a fixed
00:19:09nedelje ujutro dok mnogi njezini vršnjaci još spavaju,
00:19:13ona odlazi na misu.
00:19:26order which includes hymns,
00:19:30prayers and sermons. Everyone is welcome as
00:19:33they are, there are no special dress codes or other
00:19:36rules.
00:19:38There are no elaborate symbols
00:19:41and images common in Catholic churches.
00:19:44The interior of the temple is simple and modest.
00:19:48Protestantism is one of the branches of Christianity. We believe in
00:19:52Jesus, we believe that he died on the cross for our sins that he is
00:19:55the Son of God.
00:19:57Josephine's home looks just like the home of any other
00:20:01Dutch student. On the wall there are no crucifixes or other
00:20:04religious symbols, yet faith has been a part of her
00:20:08life since childhood.
00:20:11These are photos from my
00:20:15baptism. My parents decided to baptize me when I was still
00:20:18a child. By doing so, they actually said,
00:20:22"We give our child to God." Later I
00:20:25started thinking about who God is to me and who
00:20:28Jesus is. Then I consciously decided to dedicate my life to
00:20:32Jesus.
00:20:33Protestantism originated during
00:20:38the Reformation in the 16th century. This movement for
00:20:41the renewal of Christianity criticized certain teachings and practices
00:20:45of the Catholic Church. Even today there are great
00:20:48differences. In Protestant churches, women can be
00:20:52ordained as priests, and the clergy is not required
00:20:55to be celibate. Less than a hundred years ago,
00:20:59Protestants made up 44 percent
00:21:01of the population of the Netherlands. Today, there are
00:21:04only 13%. A few years ago, Josephine
00:21:07joined a Christian student association where she
00:21:10studies the most important foundation of Protestantism, and
00:21:13of Christianity in general, the Bible.
00:21:17Members meet in small groups, read passages from
00:21:24the Bible together and discuss their
00:21:27meaning. In the end, it all comes down to good and evil, to
00:21:30what it means to live
00:21:33after death? These are important questions that, in my
00:21:37opinion, plague every person. Although the Bible
00:21:40was written more than a thousand years ago, the world has changed
00:21:43a lot since then. I think people are still searching for answers,
00:21:47hope, meaning. For Josephine, music is an important part of faith, as
00:21:51is Protestantism in general. Martin Luther,
00:21:54one of the founders of Protestantism in the 16th century,
00:21:57loved to sing and composed hymns. He knew that
00:22:01music has the power to directly touch a person's
00:22:04soul. When I sing or play, either alone or with
00:22:08others, I feel that kind of connection that one
00:22:11finds in prayer. I think music is a beautiful
00:22:15way to connect with God, but of course,
00:22:19faith is not just about life here and now, but about answers
00:22:22to life's biggest questions. I don't know
00:22:26exactly what comes after death, but I believe that
00:22:30something exists. I believe that life is not just this on
00:22:33Earth, that we are not born just to live,
00:22:36die and that's it. I believe that there is something after
00:22:40that, an eternity where everything is much better than here on
00:22:43Earth. And if that's not the case,
00:22:47that's okay. Wedding cakes
00:22:51have come a long way, from
00:22:55simple cakes to spectacular creations that
00:22:59cost several thousand euros. Let's see how
00:23:02this sweet tradition took such an important place at
00:23:05weddings. For many, a wedding without a wedding
00:23:09cake is unimaginable, as is a wedding without guests.
00:23:12So how do you make the perfect wedding cake?
00:23:16It becomes a true work of art, how much does such a
00:23:20cake actually cost? We are in
00:23:23Waltham, in northwest England, at
00:23:27the Frostery patisserie, where we will meet a true
00:23:30expert. Hello, I'm Susan, a wedding cake
00:23:33designer. Today we're going to make a
00:23:37cake. Preparing a wedding cake is not a one-day
00:23:40job. Making a wedding cake takes
00:23:43three days. On the first day, we bake the crusts. The next day,
00:23:47we fill them and coat them with our ganache, and
00:23:51then we leave the cake overnight to firm up so that it is
00:23:54strong enough for covering with fondant.
00:23:58Today we are making a pretty special cake,
00:24:01it's a vegan cake. We don't make vegan wedding
00:24:05cakes often. I heated
00:24:08the fondant which I colored in a delicate ivory
00:24:12color, but just a little, maybe we should first
00:24:14see how it all started. The tradition of the wedding cake
00:24:18dates back to ancient Rome where a cake made of wheat or
00:24:21barley was broken over the bride to bring her
00:24:25fertility and happiness. In medieval England,
00:24:28the custom evolved into a pile of sweet rolls over which
00:24:31the newlyweds would kiss for good luck. In the 17th century,
00:24:35a savory bride's pie became popular, which was later
00:24:38gradually replaced by a currant cake. In the Victorian
00:24:42era, thanks to the production of refined sugar, white icing
00:24:46appeared as a symbol of purity and wealth,
00:24:49it gained particular popularity after the wedding of Queen
00:24:53Victoria. Today, a typical British wedding cake
00:24:56is a multi-tiered sponge cake covered with icing.
00:25:00Susan smooths the fondant to give the cake a more
00:25:03modern look. Then she levels the tiers and
00:25:07inserts supporting dowels that stabilize the structure.
00:25:10It's time for decoration. Susan adds a lavish blue
00:25:14ribbon, made of royal icing. Now
00:25:17I'm using a piping bag with royal icing in it,
00:25:20but made with aquafaba instead of egg whites, because it's
00:25:24a vegan cake. With a small nozzle I draw a string of
00:25:27pearls that serves as a decorative border for the design. After
00:25:31that, Susan hand paints
00:25:34the cake. In all these years that I've been making cakes, especially wedding
00:25:38cakes.
00:25:46I've seen trends constantly change, but I've remained true
00:25:50to the art of cake decorating, because I really
00:25:53love it, I enjoy it.
00:25:57With royal icing you can do incredible
00:26:00things, so how much do such lavish cakes
00:26:03cost? A three-tier cake usually costs around 800
00:26:07pounds here. This six-tier cake,
00:26:10decorated with a large number of sugar flowers,
00:26:14would cost around 4,500
00:26:17pounds, it really requires a lot of effort.
00:26:20In addition, it is very large, enough for at least
00:26:23500 guests. And that's it. The cake is
00:26:27finished.
00:26:31In this sweet tone, we come to
00:26:33the very end of the show. For more
00:26:36interesting stories from the world of European lifestyle and
00:26:39culture, follow us on ...
00:26:43social networks. Thank you
00:26:46for being with us and we'll see you next time.
00:28:24I'm Marijana Kršo and you're watching
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00:29:43reduce the risk of acute heart and brain strokes. Before
00:29:46use, carefully read the leaflet for information on indications and precautions, adverse effects of the drug,
00:29:50consult a doctor or pharmacist. Bayer.
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00:30:26The fire in the Konjic area is still active, numerous firefighters and
00:30:30helicopters are engaged.
00:30:33The protest in the Mrkog Uglja Zenica mine continued, 10 Zenica
00:30:37miners are still in the Raspotočje
00:30:38Pit.
00:30:41Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on an official visit to Serbia, a memorandum
00:30:45of understanding in the field of agriculture was signed between Serbia and
00:30:48Ukraine.
00:30:53The fire in the Kanjina and Živašnica area near Konjic is still
00:30:56active, and all available firefighters and professional fire
00:30:59units are on the ground.