democracy day september twenty third d. w. . hello everyone i'm louise houghton and that time of year again when i get to wear a traditional german costs yes the underdog kicks off today. seven times munich puts his best foot forward at the october fest parade. graffiti inside berlin the museum of an ox. and cats are way photographing kitesurfing clay.

layer hose libya and gingerbread it can only mean one thing the annual october for us the festival was first arranged on the twenty fifth wedding anniversary of king living the first into reason rivera in eighteen thirty five every year since people put on traditional outfits to enjoy the celebrations on the first sunday of parade three munich showcases the wonderful traditional costumes and i have all i wasn't there to get into the swing of things i did in the studio unsaid. it's one of the highlights of the annual beer festival the traditional costume parade through downtown munich more than nine thousand people took part on sunday in a colorful show highlighting the traditions and customs of their home regions their members of more than one hundred sixty associations it's a celebration of diversity and a perennial hit with the tourists. yes your

oh my lists must to do the thing that's been there but i'm surprised how many costumes there are like it is nice diversity is an ira i think if you saw your child alter. most of the paraders are bavarian the traditional men's costume with later hosen and the so-called younger jacket are the visual hallmarks of october fest but the designs vary from one village to the next munich's spock association is known for its elaborate costumes its members have been preserving their ancestors' traditions for close to a century they always attend the october fest costume parade. took off our outfit is a nice but very in costume i feel comfortable in and which i wear with pride it would be a pity if we no longer had it i thought it was near my hand. six hours earlier the

fisher family was busy making their final preparations this is daughter again as costume back in the day it was reserved for single women reflecting the wearer's social standing the adornments on the baathist carry a particular significance. people used to say the more coins you wore the more livestock you had in your barn you might interpret that to mean she comes from good stock. of them gripping story. christina fish. there is wearing a costume sported by married women forty meters of fabric went into this custom made outfit the fancy frills once symbolized prosperity only wealthy farmers' wives could afford them and they remain an expensive hobby today this outfit cost almost five thousand euros. but traditional costumes also move with the times the association's purple colored waistcoat is a new addition the motto is follow fashion but respect tradition he must book.

the mohawk if you don't care for your roots and wear traditional dress and then you'll forget what traditional dress is what your local customs and traditions are of where your roots lie and what makes your region special it's. it seems traditional costumes are in suppliers are kept busy during october fest but the products here have little to do with the original traditional costumes. but then less and with a colorful as it is over then that we sell traditional gear and that has always been influenced by current fashions in the past the traditional costumes reflected the latest trends from paris and everywhere else would indeed let's put it. back to the parade. but it's always an international event with participants from eight different countries including

a tell us from sicily. and a bulgarian association. that's why we got so modern no it doesn't make us and off they were just normal villagers the phones at least did that because you know it's always been about the women wanted to embroider every day events on the shirts and going to be young and that's what gave rise to such great variety of before the child. shortly before the procession the fisher family meets up with a. they're associated members around forty of them are taking part for the socialization this isn't just the start of october first but the highlight of the year but the associations desperately need new members fisher hopes he can pass on his fascination for tradition to younger generations. for superman to hide no but i still love taking part in the parade there are so many onlookers cheering and waving. as if to say you're all doing

a great job. this is super bowl see i'm off to. the traditional costume parade is just the start of october fest revelers from around the world will be celebrating the varian customs and lifestyle for the next two weeks. and if you would like to win a few of the traditional items from the festival then get in touch and let us know what you would like to see written on a gingerbread hot like this one here at the end of it we will pick the best one to send you a passing allies hot along with this t. shirt from the festival and the big sign that you can see on the table there as well as about you all and now moving away from the festival let's see what else is happening in unexpressed ground up. turned out a strong look at london fashion week on sunday with

a coed collection the few street where the italian labels spring summer collection was heavy on checks and neon recasting looks from the versace archives to a call nine hundred ninety s. new york. london is hosting eighty five runway events before the show's wrap up on tuesday and the fashion week carousel moves on to its next leg in milan . the world's top boulders got to hang out at an international competition in the southern german city of stuttgart over the weekend some eighty athletes from twenty five countries took part bouldering involves climbing without a rope or safety belt the aim is to mount a wall several metres high as fast as possible the sport will feature as an alum pick discipline for the first time in tokyo in twenty twenty.

the british air force acrobatic team the red arrows staged an impressive show above the military airfield in town agrees on sunday the red arrows are among the world's best aerobatic formations worldwide the air show was one of the highlights of athens flying week featuring show stopping stunts by teams from around the world. in the document a fourteen art show came to a close in castle on sunday it was the last opportunity for souvenir hunters to grab a piece of the much acclaimed installation parthenon of books the artwork made up of banned books was distributed to visitors according to the wish of its creator macho men a keen since it opened in june eight hundred fifty thousand people visited the exit . vision of contemporary art documenta was not a financial success this year partly because it was staged in two cities castle and

athens. art is also the subject of our next report today but the works in question are not usually seen in exhibitions that's because i'm talking about street art which is of course found on the streets until now the l.a. museum was to help bring strange artists to the next level so it's also a number of them to design something for the exhibition the idea being that the public will then recognise their work when they walk down the street. street art is ephemeral. metre high art works that grace entire facades are made for eternity. and buildings can get torn down or repainted so legal or not street art is transitory by nature. now the urban nation museum in berlin is out to bring street art indoors it's one of the world's first prominent museums for

contemporary urban art. but can art born on the street really work in a museum. through the heart of the street art belongs on the street and should stay there here at the urbanization museum and we asked one hundred thirty artists who normally decorate building walls to come up with an artwork measuring one metre by one metre fifty for the museum. and does a kind of a done in but at the same time we will continue to work with these artists on large outdoor projects of halls and with. the aesthetics and styles of various street artists are now captured on canvas this helps visitors identify the artist's work out on the street. it's been pointed to be about i'm surprised to see street art in a museum park all kind of spread patients who are high but now it's amazing like

the the collection is wow i have great respect for the people who organize this getting the people together and the artists to the self. creative director yasha young spent two years working with nine other curators around the globe to select the artists for the project. the exhibition showcases urban contemporary art giving a relatively young a place in art history but the new museum wants to be more than just an exhibition space. this i think is more than museums an aim is to create a repository for urban art the first exhibition provides insights into the developments techniques styles and diversity of urban art. the urban nation museum also showcases artists who work in different genres. like berlin based artist me meet s.

the former street artist now works digitally in a studio but it's still clear where her roots are and it is a fantasist to make it a hit so that it's an honor for me to be represented here to be here as an illustrator and a digital artist or digital painter with a relatively new medium that isn't so widely accepted and only recently found a degree of recognition when i fought for ten years for this so the feeling is indescribable. with its framed canvases and orderly structure the current exhibition seems like ones found in conventional museums however the buildings architectural design will provide plenty of space for experimental shows in the future because of us look at seabrook the building is flexible enough for us to paint entire walls that are twenty meters high we can paint the facade or remove it and add new elements to it into the house that's the inaugural exhibition runs until next summer then the exhibits will make way for new works of street art but

no fear rather than being destroyed the outgoing pieces will be stored for posterity. have you ever watched all face but live video you may well have seen our cameras here in the studio steady steady and on a level ground so have you ever thought about how salts in the water is taken well no if it isn't meant to air but cameramen who specialize in water events have a bit of a harder job keeping the camera steady. acrobatics in the air. flying high above the waves. i made winds of up to fifty kilometers an hour. these kinds of his are in the relevant and so too is toast i'm sure. he films water sports events when the surface plunge into the waves

schultz has his feet planted firmly on the sand he kept just spectacular images for t.v. and for organizers of events like the kind of welcome up on the northern german island of fame on. not. sure it was done with the cold water get your circulation going in the morning it's the perfect way to start the day. shelter is a surfer himself he and his family live in kiel but they often spend the winter months in barbados surfing the holy around schultz is living his dream. going surfing to to be in filming it surfing events is a bit like actually surfing and you are in the same element you feel the wind and the waves and enjoy watching the athletes moves. after leaving high school made a profession out of his hobby as a surfer he brings valuable experience to the job. to soften on to this one young

a surfer and having firsthand knowledge of water sports is important i know what these guys will do next i can tell when they're getting ready to jump or preparing a maneuver so i can choose the right camera angle for a great shot someone i'm sure isn't easily faced even when the surface pass him by just the has breath mutual trust is key. that we know many have a feedback between but if. and when the water is going to. stay in the same position so i know where to start and where i'm going to end so it's quite safe doing it. so what's it like being in the thick of things and always pursuing the perfect image. when talking to me as ever markers so the imperfect is i'm always out to get the best possible shot and i think it's important to film water sports in a way that makes the viewers at home feel like they're getting way too. i try to

capture water droplets and i like to use slow motion so you can see droplets flying by. each wave looks different and it's great fun capturing the different kinds of waves in coordination with the surfers who were initially hit a wave and. it's been a good day to toast them so. it was super and i got some great shots got right up close we worked well together and the results are really good about so called. and that's around tomorrow we'll be back in pursuit of the perfect weight and the perfect job. we all love a perfect pitch especially when we go away on vacation it is difficult to get to

all of the places that you'd like to around the world and that is why we try to help you go right in and ask us to visit somewhere for you the latest letter that we had was from consuela photo in colombia she wanted to know more about the famous calls in germany so we headed to how well around seventy kilometers from hyderabad . this convo is very important when it comes to the history of german democracy but that is not the only reason why it's such a tourist magnet. for more than eight hundred years castle has stood tall above the rhine surrounded by vineyards it's on the german wine route this is where the black red and gold flag was hoisted for the very first time in german history. it was carried up to the castle in late may eight hundred thirty two during protests at the famous hama

festival the priceless original still exists if somewhat faded. that's on school this is our original flight was the first try color flag that featured at the eighteen thirty two humbucker festival it wasn't a german national flag back then germany did not exist as a nation but one of the major demands was for national unity the flag was carried by freedom fighters who campaigned for freedom of speech press freedom democracy and unity it was carried in a huge recession up to the castle and then placed on the tower as a symbol of freedom then often. now a permanent exhibition by the humble castle foundation shows the events that took place at the historic combat festival. the modern exhibition includes many interactive features.

some ninety thousand people visit the exhibition every year including school groups and tourists from around the world it showcases the roots of democracy and its origins at the homburg festival which some thirty thousand people attended all those years ago. the tiny macao and they came from all ranks of society from the entire german speaking world as well as poland and friends right house porn. in two thousand and fifteen humbucker. so it was declared a european heritage site. first built in the twelfth century as a fortress that long served as a bishop seat the building underwent numerous changes over the course of the centuries. clearly see the different building styles juxtaposed against one another here for example on the side of masonry from the eleventh and

twelfth centuries. in the one nine hundred centuries the varian king maximillian the second wanted to transform it into a fairy tale castle but that never happened. for a long time the castle remained a ruin until it opened again in two thousand and eight refurbished by swiss architect. the lights on the ceiling symbolized the view of the open sky before reconstruction took place. from the castle there are great views over the german wine route. the georg nagle a vineyard below the castle has been owned by the same family for seven generations . in that. you can grow all kinds of grapes here in the. main can our reasoning where the

largest raised in a region worldwide. but we also called of a. wise but. the region produces both white and red wines. tradition friends only are expanding on typical red wines like. as well as. but we also have into that. varieties like cabinets of the new one melor and some wonderful. one white wine in particular pays homage to the eighteen thirty two hamburg festival. every year the region always crowns its own wine queen this year she is called

anastasio and she knows that the right label plays an important role when it comes to selling one. how many vendors from hamburg he was this i think it's a very nice label because it's steeped in history and that attracts buyers. sensuality pleasure and political history are all closely linked here at home by castle on the german wine. and what delicacy goes perfectly with wine oyster that is certainly how sunlight enjoy the oysters the farmed in brackish water which is easy to find all over the world but they are more popular in countries than in others and frogs have to be as common as candy as you're about

to find out. oysters the epitome of luxury and epicurean joy in france they're not just reserved for festive occasions they're practically a dietary staple the country consumes eighty thousand tonnes of these mollusks each year an appetite for oysters construct a vote in opportune times in the middle of the night or at lunchtime when village shops are closed tony better locators to these cravings he's an oyster farmer on the off france's west coast on the island's oyster farms he's gathering new supplies for his latest business venture an oyster vending machine. when i recall this all came many people can't get to the stores during normal opening hours they're at work or on vacation and lose track of time this machine is for them. twenty four seven sorted by size and dispensed in small baskets directly from

a refrigerated vending machine it's easy to operate and the oysters don't cost more than they do in a store. if you know it's great you can stop by when if you feel like oysters we come back from the beach quite late in the stores are closed but we can always buy oysters here return him ok all of them got really practical with an o.b.d. now with the white wine. buffet. on average six hundred oysters are sold out of the vending machine every day little wonder after all they're a basic commodity in france and supplies on the east are plentiful. when you get it through or when it's running low the machine lets us know and we restock supplies even at night. long after sundown on the ill delay oyster lovers can shock their favorite shellfish fresh out of the machine no matter how late in the day or night. well

there is so many surprising inventions these days it's hard to keep up. to see if that happened to be any move for now though it is time to say goodbye don't forget about october first prize draw with the details on our website to check them out that wife and i bought the. next time on your own max disappearing floors gliding ceilings and movable walls things certainly don't stay put for long at the murphy house in edinburgh architect richard murphy spent ten years devising this quirky take on modern living and in two thousand and sixteen his efforts won him a reboot national award murphy's maximalist townhouse next time on your i macs.

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