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00:02:51Munich at dawn. Why do thousands of people get up in the middle
00:02:54of the night for the legendary Kohel Ball, or Chef's Ball?
00:02:58150th anniversary of Wagner, why
00:03:01does the city still attract devotees from
00:03:05all over the world and changes in the world of fashion.
00:03:08Why are black models more successful than ever today,
00:03:12all that and much more in today's Euromax.
00:03:31What was once a small gathering of dance lovers
00:03:35of fast information, we pay attention to in the early morning hours in Munich's English Garden
00:03:38has grown into a large annual event. Every year
00:03:42thousands of people come to Kohel Pal, and the celebration begins
00:03:45long before sunrise. Once
00:03:48a year on the third Sunday in July, revelers get up before
00:03:52dawn to attend Munich's Kohrl Ball,
00:03:55known as the Chef's Ball. Nineteen-year-old Leonora Hampel
00:03:59is already on her feet. From her small town in Bavaria, she drove for almost an hour
00:04:03to reach Munich before the celebration
00:04:05began.
00:04:07I have to get ready, I still have to put on my dirndl
00:04:10and put on makeup. It's not easy to get up at
00:04:142 in the morning, but when it comes to the Kohelbal, it doesn't
00:04:18bother me at all. Tracht, the traditional
00:04:21Bavarian costume, is mandatory at this ball, but you have to get up
00:04:24very early for that. Who else
00:04:28gets up at two in the morning to already. "at three drinking
00:04:31beer, but once you experience it, it's really
00:04:34great. It's three in the morning and it's time to go, with
00:04:38a candle in one hand and an instrument in the other, Leonora makes her way
00:04:42between the beer tables, but how to find friends
00:04:46among so many people? I found
00:04:48them. This student is not the only
00:04:52fan of traditional folk music. She knows most of the attendees
00:04:55from regular gatherings of folk music lovers in her
00:04:59area. They gather to play together, and sometimes it lasts all
00:05:03night. Leonora grew up with folk music.
00:05:06To someone who didn't grow up with it, it is probably strange, but
00:05:10to me, it gives me a feeling of home,
00:05:12friendship and tradition,
00:05:15Koholbal, because this is part of our heritage, it's
00:05:19like we are passing the baton. Meanwhile, in
00:05:22the English Garden, thousands of people gathered, most brought
00:05:26their own food and candles, but drinks have to be bought, by 4
00:05:30in the morning there's almost no free space left, and what do you drink
00:05:33at 4 in the morning, well of course
00:05:35beer.
00:05:41We just came out of the club, that's why we're still
00:05:45we'll dance, have a good time and
00:05:48Kohrlbal to the fullest. And traditional clothing
00:05:52is back in fashion. Parents, grandparents
00:05:56told me that 30 or 40 years ago almost no one came to
00:06:00Oktoberfest in traditional costume, but today it's
00:06:03a real
00:06:04trend.
00:06:08The Cocherball is one of Munich's most unusual
00:06:11traditions. The event dates back to the 19th century when
00:06:14household servants, cooks and maids gathered to make the most
00:06:18of their rare free hours. Coherl was the name of the
00:06:21kitchen staff, while the more elegant world spent Sunday morning
00:06:25in church, the workers were free to celebrate. By 10 a.m.
00:06:28they had to return to work. The ball was officially banned
00:06:32in 1904. Maids here
00:06:35met officers and gave birth to many illegitimate
00:06:38children. Because of this, they had trouble finding
00:06:43work for a long time, out of wedlock, so
00:06:57the ball was banned due to lack of morality. Dancing at the Chinese Tower was reintroduced in 1989. It's almost 6 a.m., time to
00:07:00dance.
00:07:02Leonora can't wait, her dance partner Florian
00:07:06has just arrived and they go to the
00:07:08dance floor together.
00:07:14They dance Waltz, Polka and traditional folk
00:07:17dances, today around 12 thousand
00:07:20guests gathered. The next four hours are reserved exclusively
00:07:24for dancing without
00:07:25a break.
00:07:29There is a warm atmosphere and good mood. No one here
00:07:33will be left out. Everyone is in a great mood.
00:07:36Munich is a city where as an individual you can really live
00:07:40well.
00:07:43"we wanted to drink all night then stop by here, but the coffee is
00:07:47really good,
00:07:50not bad, good coffee,
00:07:53yes, it's already 9:00 in the morning and the first signs of fatigue are becoming
00:07:57obvious,
00:08:01I'm a little tired and my feet are starting to
00:08:04hurt, but I'm enduring, three
00:08:08hours of continuous dancing, that's a real
00:08:10workout.
00:08:17If you really want to experience Bavarian or Munich
00:08:20culture, come to Hochelbal not to Oktoberfest,
00:08:23here the true Munich culture is preserved. I would
00:08:27like more people to think about where this tradition comes from
00:08:31and how it developed. Maybe then they will understand it better, then simply
00:08:35enjoy it. Just come and have a nice
00:08:37time.
00:08:40At the very end, even the nice summer weather started to give up, but
00:08:44that cannot spoil the celebration for the Bavarians, most stay
00:08:47until the end at 10 o'clock in the morning waiting
00:08:50for the last dance at this year's Munich
00:08:53Kohelbal.
00:08:57Next is Bayreuth. Every summer, Wagner fans
00:09:01from all over the world pilgrimage to this small
00:09:04Bavarian town. Euromax reporter Lukas
00:09:07Stege went there to find out why the famous
00:09:11composer still attracts so much attention, every
00:09:14summer thousands of people from all over the world come to the small Bavarian
00:09:18town of Bayreuth, and so it has been for 150
00:09:21years, but
00:09:22why?
00:09:27Even The New York Times included Bayreuth on its list of
00:09:3152 places to visit in
00:09:332026.
00:09:39And all thanks to him, composer Richard.
00:09:43a controversial superstar of the 19th century who
00:09:46founded the Bayreuth festival.
00:09:49Richard Wagner commissioned the construction of a new colossal opera house
00:09:53exclusively for the Bayreuth festival. Performances are
00:09:56held here only during the summer, the repertoire includes
00:09:59exclusively his works.
00:10:03Was it vanity, ego or is there something
00:10:06more behind it all?
00:10:09Richard Wagner was a rebel and a provocateur. He fundamentally
00:10:13changed the world of opera, but there are many debates about his person
00:10:17today, he was an ardent
00:10:18anti-Semite.
00:10:21Adolf Hitler, who adored Wagner's music, was a frequent
00:10:25guest in
00:10:26Bayreuth.
00:10:29Even today, Wagner's devotees from all over the world make pilgrimages to
00:10:33the festival. There is enormous interest in tickets, even though the audience
00:10:36sits for hours in the un-airconditioned hall on hard
00:10:40wooden chairs.
00:10:44Why do people do this voluntarily? Let's find out in a tour
00:10:48of Bayreuth. Following in the footsteps of Richard
00:10:50Wagner. It is a peaceful and serene town that
00:10:54comes alive every year at the end of July, because
00:10:57it's festival time.
00:11:02Everything starts with a big parade of celebrities.
00:11:05German politicians, including former Chancellor
00:11:09Angela
00:11:12Merkel, particularly like to come here.
00:11:15During the five weeks of the festival, about thirty performances are held,
00:11:19including open-air concerts attended by almost
00:11:2260,000 visitors.
00:11:25Most come from Europe, but many fans also arrive from
00:11:29the United States and Japan. And that's
00:11:32it, the ultimate pilgrimage destination for all Wagner
00:11:35devotees. The Festival House. Wagner's opera
00:11:39house was relatively simple, but also very
00:11:41innovative. For example, it does not have opulent boxes because nothing should
00:11:45distract from what is happening on stage.
00:11:49The acoustics are outstanding, partly thanks to the large amount of wood
00:11:53used in the construction. Here. Wagner's monumental work, the Ring
00:11:56of the Nibelung, which takes us into the world of Germanic-Norse
00:12:00mythology, where gods and men
00:12:03fight for the Rhine gold, is often performed. The performance lasts
00:12:06a total of 16 hours spread over four
00:12:09days. The world had never seen anything like it before. The first
00:12:13festival was held in 1876.
00:12:17The Ring, as Wagner's fans affectionately call it, also
00:12:20premiered here, but it was a complete failure.
00:12:23Many viewers were... simply caught off guard and didn't know
00:12:27what to think, says Martin Scholty. Wagner was left with huge
00:12:30debts. For 25 years, Martin
00:12:34has performed every summer as an extra at the Bayreuth
00:12:37festival. When not on stage, Scholty leads organized
00:12:41tours of the building for group visits.
00:12:45If I want to see a performance, how much does a ticket
00:12:48cost? Tickets with a limited view
00:12:52of the stage cost 15, and the most expensive ones are around 400
00:12:55euros. As you walk through Bayreuth, here and
00:12:59there you will come across small Wagner statues that mark
00:13:02Wagner's path and lead you to places connected with the composer's
00:13:06life.
00:13:09Wagner's path ends at Villa Wahnfried. This is the house that
00:13:13Richard Wagner built for himself and his family, but with money
00:13:17he actually didn't have. He was constantly in debt.
00:13:20In front of the house is a bust of the Bavarian King Ludwig II
00:13:24the Great. Wagner's
00:13:25devotee.
00:13:29This bust, as if saying, sponsored
00:13:32by Ludwig. Without the help of King Ludwig, Wagner would not have been able
00:13:35to finance his first festival, this
00:13:38villa.
00:13:41Today, Villa Wahnfried houses the Wagner Museum. The atmosphere of the time
00:13:44when Richard Wagner and his
00:13:48wife Cosima often gladly received guests in their
00:13:51salon can still be felt.
00:13:57And finally, one piece of advice: every summer on
00:14:00the large lawn in front of the festival house, two
00:14:03free open-air concerts are held, all you need to do is
00:14:06bring a blanket, sit on the grass and enjoy
00:14:09the music, but can that really replace going to the
00:14:13theater?
00:14:16This tour of Bayreuth certainly aroused my
00:14:19curiosity. Now I understand much better why the Bayreuth
00:14:23festival fascinates people so much, and what do you think,
00:14:27is watching a Wagner opera in the festival house really
00:14:30a once-in-a-lifetime experience?
00:14:32Ajac the journey
00:14:35has come a long way from Sudan via
00:14:39Uganda to Paris, although she never dreamed of becoming
00:14:43a model, today she belongs to a new generation
00:14:46of African talents who are changing the face of the fashion
00:14:49industry.
00:14:51Paris Fashion Week represents the very top of the fashion
00:14:55world, only selected designers have the opportunity
00:14:58to present their handmade unique
00:15:02creations to international stars, such as American rapper Cardi
00:15:05B. Sudanese model Ajagdier is in the spotlight, this
00:15:0924-year-old
00:15:12is walking the show for Indian designer Rahul Mishra and
00:15:15is trying to remain completely calm, just don't fall.
00:15:19Be calm, enjoy
00:15:22the runway, this is your moment, I'm thinking
00:15:25about something else entirely, I don't want to look at the audience, I don't want
00:15:29to be stressed or nervous, I'm thinking
00:15:32about facial expressions, looks nice, don't look
00:15:36repulsive. Be smiling, and Jack
00:15:40Dew has so far participated in more than a hundred fashion shows,
00:15:44appeared on the covers of numerous
00:15:46magazines, the last of which was the July
00:15:49cover of Portuguese Vogue for
00:15:522026. This made someone
00:15:55extremely proud. My grandmother
00:15:58was overjoyed, she said, "My God, you're in
00:16:02Paris? Every time I appear in a magazine,
00:16:05I show it to my grandmother and say, "I'm on the cover," then
00:16:09I see how proud she is. Ajac Dew
00:16:12was born in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, when she was
00:16:15nine years old, her family moved to Uganda, where three
00:16:19years later she was spotted by a talent scout.
00:16:23However, modeling was never her dream. I was with
00:16:26a friend at the mall, a man approached me and
00:16:30asked, "Do you want to be a model?" I said,
00:16:33no, I was still a child, and he said, "You
00:16:37could try," and so I tried,
00:16:40it worked and now I'm here in Paris,
00:16:43sipping coffee, Ajac moved to Paris in the fall
00:16:47of 2025. Modeling completely
00:16:50changed her life, I really don't know how to
00:16:54explain it, but it's very difficult, you never know what you're
00:16:58going to do tomorrow, I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow, neither does
00:17:02my agency, everything is resolved at the last
00:17:04minute, models like Azhak. who come from
00:17:08Sudan or South Sudan, today have a very
00:17:11prominent place on world fashion runways, as many as nine out of 50
00:17:15currently most successful models have roots in
00:17:18that region. People from Sudan, Ethiopia, that part of the world have
00:17:22a physique that makes clothes particularly impressive. I think
00:17:26there has never been more diversity on the runways. Some
00:17:29designers who previously hired exclusively European, i.e.,
00:17:33white models, for which they were criticized on social
00:17:37media, now pay close attention not to repeat that mistake. Ten
00:17:40years ago, at a Prada show, you could only see white
00:17:43models, today it's no longer like that.
00:17:47It seems that we are only now discovering the beauty of African
00:17:50women, but they have always been beautiful and they have always been there, however,
00:17:54agencies did not represent them for a long time, they rejected them only because of their skin
00:17:57color, today that has changed.
00:18:01Supermodel Anuki, originally from South Sudan,
00:18:05was named Model of the Year for 2022.
00:18:08She is considered a pioneer who opened the doors of the fashion
00:18:12world to black models.
00:18:15The person who has influenced me the most recently
00:18:18is certainly Anokia, I think that many after
00:18:22her success started hiring more such
00:18:25models. When I was little, I wished
00:18:29I saw more models like her in commercials and on television
00:18:32so I could identify with
00:18:35them. I'm glad that it... And
00:18:38Ajax is grateful for everything she has
00:18:41achieved.
00:18:44It's a great privilege to be here, to travel to different
00:18:47countries, to do things that I would never be able to do
00:18:50at home, it really is.
00:18:54And Jacques sees her future in Africa and in
00:18:57Europe. In 10 years, I don't
00:19:00know, I'll live here and there. I'll somehow
00:19:04manage it. My whole family lives in Uganda.
00:19:07I miss them terribly, just a few minutes ago I was texting
00:19:11with them. She still dreams that one day she will walk the show for one of
00:19:15the most famous fashion houses in Paris. Balenciaga is
00:19:19my dream. I love Balenciaga, maybe one
00:19:22day. Yes. At High Fashion Week in July
00:19:262026. Anokia opened the show
00:19:29for Balenciaga fashion house, presenting the first collection
00:19:33of its new creative director. Pierre Paolo
00:19:36Piccioli, and then she also closed it, wearing
00:19:40a traditional wedding dress. Maybe she is not
00:19:43so far from realizing her dream, but before that she goes on a
00:19:47well-deserved vacation.
00:19:49In the new series, we present young
00:19:52believers of different faiths from all over
00:19:55Europe. Today we will meet a young
00:19:58Protestant from the Netherlands. Josephine
00:20:01Pell will show us why faith still occupies an important place in
00:20:05her daily life.
00:20:08For me, Jesus is someone who
00:20:11is always with you, no matter where you are, he
00:20:15lives in your heart, he is there in difficult times, but also in
00:20:18beautiful ones. Josephine Pell is 22 years old, and
00:20:22today she will show us what it means for her to be a dedicated
00:20:26Protestant. In her homeland, the Netherlands,
00:20:30she belongs to a minority because only every third person her
00:20:33age identifies as a member of a
00:20:36religious community. I sometimes felt
00:20:39very lonely in my faith, because there weren't
00:20:43many religious young people at school. I went to a
00:20:46Christian elementary school and a Christian high school, but
00:20:50I was still the only true
00:20:51believer.
00:20:55Josephine studies pedagogy in her native Utrecht. Every
00:20:58Sunday morning, while many of her peers are still
00:21:01sleeping, she goes to mass.
00:21:16A Protestant mass has a fixed order which includes
00:21:20hymns, prayers and a sermon, everyone is
00:21:23welcome as they are, there is no special dress
00:21:26code or other
00:21:28rules.
00:21:31There are no opulent symbols and images common in Catholic
00:21:34churches. The interior of the temple is simple and
00:21:38modest. Protestantism is one of the branches of
00:21:41Christianity. I believe in Jesus, we believe that he died on
00:21:44the cross for our sins, that he is the Son
00:21:47of God.
00:21:50The home looks just like the home of any other Dutch
00:21:53student, there are no crucifixes or other religious
00:21:56symbols on the wall. However, faith has been a part of her life since
00:22:00childhood.
00:22:04These are photos from my baptism. My parents decided
00:22:08to baptize me when I was still a child. By doing so,
00:22:11they actually conveyed that "we commit our child to
00:22:14God." Later I started thinking about who God is to me,
00:22:18who Jesus is. Then I consciously decided to dedicate
00:22:22my life to
00:22:23Jesus.
00:22:27Protestantism originated during the Reformation in the 16th
00:22:30century. This movement for the renewal of Christianity criticized
00:22:34certain teachings and practices of the Catholic Church. And
00:22:38today there are great differences. In Protestant
00:22:41churches, women can be ordained as priests, and
00:22:45celibacy is not required of the clergy. Less than
00:22:48a hundred years ago, Protestants made up
00:22:5144 percent of the population of the Netherlands,
00:22:55today they are only 13%. A few
00:22:58years ago, Joseph joined a Christian
00:23:01student association where she studies the most important
00:23:04foundation of Protestantism, and Christianity in general,
00:23:08the Bible.
00:23:13Members gather in small groups, together they read passages
00:23:17from the Bible and discuss their meaning. In the
00:23:20end, it all comes down to good and evil, to what it means
00:23:24to live meaningfully and what happens after death, these
00:23:28are important questions that in my opinion trouble every
00:23:31person. Although the Bible was written more than a thousand
00:23:34years ago, the world has changed a lot since then, I think people
00:23:38are still looking for answers hope and meaning. For Josephine
00:23:42music is an important part of faith, as well as Protestantism
00:23:45in general. Martin Luther, one of the founders of Protestantism
00:23:49in the 16th century, loved to sing and composed
00:23:52hymns, he knew that music has the power to directly
00:23:56touch a person's soul, when I sing or
00:23:59play, either alone or with others, I feel that
00:24:03kind of connection that one finds in
00:24:05prayer, I think music is a beautiful way to
00:24:09connect with God, but of course faith is not just about
00:24:13life here now, but about answers to
00:24:16life's greatest questions, I don't know
00:24:19exactly... what comes after death, but I believe that
00:24:22something exists, I believe that life is not just this on
00:24:26Earth, that we are not born just to live,
00:24:29die and that's it. I believe there is something after
00:24:33that, an eternity where everything is much better than here on
00:24:36Earth. And if it's not like that, that's fine.
00:24:40Wedding cakes have come
00:24:45a long way, from simple cakes to spectacular
00:24:49creations that cost several thousand euros,
00:24:52let's see how this sweet tradition has taken such
00:24:56an important place at weddings. For many,
00:24:58a wedding without a wedding cake is as unthinkable
00:25:01as a wedding without guests, so how is the perfect
00:25:05wedding cake made, how does it become
00:25:08a true work of art how much does such a cake
00:25:12actually cost. We are in Altrincham, in the
00:25:15northwest of England.
00:25:18Today we are going to make a cake.
00:25:28Preparing a wedding cake is not a job
00:25:31that is finished in one day. Making a wedding
00:25:34cake takes three days: on the first day we bake the layers,
00:25:38the next day we fill them and spread them with our
00:25:41ganache. And then we leave the cake overnight to set so that it is strong
00:25:44enough for fondant, today
00:25:48we are making a rather special cake, it's a
00:25:52vegan cake, we don't make vegan
00:25:55wedding cakes very often. I heated up the fondant,
00:25:59which I colored a soft ivory, but just
00:26:02a little, maybe we should first see how it all started.
00:26:05The tradition of the wedding cake dates back to ancient Rome,
00:26:09where a wheat or barley cake was broken over
00:26:13the bride to bring her fertility and happiness. In
00:26:16medieval England, the custom evolved into a pile
00:26:19of sweet buns over which the newlyweds would kiss for luck.
00:26:22In the 17th century, the savory bridal pie became popular,
00:26:26which was later replaced by a currant cake,
00:26:30in the Victorian era, thanks to the production of refined
00:26:34sugar, white icing appeared as a symbol
00:26:38of purity and wealth, it gained particular popularity after
00:26:41the wedding of Queen Victoria. Today, a typical
00:26:44British wedding cake is a multi-tiered sponge cake
00:26:47covered with icing. Susan smooths the fondant
00:26:51to give the cake a more contemporary look. Then
00:26:54she levels the tiers and places support rods that
00:26:58stabilize the construction.
00:27:01It's time for decoration. Susan adds a luxurious blue
00:27:05ribbon, made of royal icing. Now
00:27:08I am using a piping bag with royal icing, but made with
00:27:12aquafaba instead of egg whites, because it is a
00:27:15vegan cake. With a small nozzle I draw a string
00:27:18of pearls that serves as a decorative border for the design. After
00:27:22that, Susan hand-paints the cake.
00:27:25For all these years that I have been making cakes, especially wedding cakes,
00:27:27I have seen how trends constantly
00:27:35change, but I have remained faithful to the art of cake decorating,
00:27:39because I really love it, I
00:27:43enjoy it, with royal icing you can
00:27:46do amazing things, how much do such
00:27:49opulent cakes cost then,
00:27:52a three-tiered cake with us usually costs around 800
00:27:56pounds, this six-tiered... cake,
00:28:00decorated with a large number of sugar flowers,
00:28:03would cost around 4,500
00:28:06pounds, it really requires a lot of
00:28:09work. labor, besides that, it
00:28:13is very large, it is enough for at least 500
00:28:16guests,
00:28:21that's it, the cake is
00:28:22ready,
00:28:25on this sweet note we reach the very end of the show, for more
00:28:29interesting stories from the world of European lifestyle. and
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00:30:26USKOK has published the results of the expert report in the case of illegal waste disposal
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00:30:50sold the lives of us, our children,
00:30:53our future, the future of the region, it's now confirmed,
00:30:56now I'm just wondering when, what, how.