mary lou story of resilience. 045 minutes long d w. they want to know what makes the gym and he just in the gym. loved via and batting thing with away from that. but i'm not even know how to work my own car and everyone with later holes and everything today. just getting a you ready to meet the german and join me right. just do it on d w. ah ah ah, it's carnival time in europe and my colleague, britain, dennis is giving it his all ad festivities here in germany. we'll find out how he survived his 1st carnival in cologne. i want to welcome to another

edition of your max with me, your host, megan lee. here's a look at what else we've got coming up. germany is most well known bodyguard is also trying his hand at the design. and we uncover the secrets of the finest olive oil from spain. but we begin in venice where celebrations are underway for one of the oldest events in europe. carnival. traditionally, it's the time when christians dance and feast in the run up to lent. now, if you've been lucky enough to experience the carnival in venice as i have, then you know that wearing one of these masks is a must. it's also a great opportunity to dress up in extravagant costumes as euro max report r hannah homo discovered herself, ah, mystery elegance,

glamour to day in venice. the item on the agenda is the art of disguise. ready for crying about so where is all the action? what should you wear? what delicacies are waiting right in the corner? that's what i'm here to find out. once a year, the streets of venice are flooded with people wearing magnificent costumes, going to extravagant parties. and essentially letting loose before the period of lent begins. come down to the piazza san marco, where you'll get caught up in the atmosphere simply by walking around the square, admiring the costumes, and talking to people. many scary movies with rental mother, can you you of them a little bit over fear. by not only feelings are and so so luxury yet is a weird kind of mysterious medium name. exactly. it goes over the war.

they say venice carnival, began, and 11. 62 at the celebration of venice is victory over the aca lay up. but it likely has its roots in the pagan and christian tradition of welcoming this spring . ok, now i want to try some of the famous carnival food. this streets here are filled with attempting smell of fruit. hello, sweet pastries. eaten during carnival pared perfectly with a bellini venice original cocktail made with peach juice and per seco. mm. what so lemonade got pain dot senate. but what really makes the carnival i the masks that everyone wears. good these people. so who better to talk to about the infamous venetian masks than someone who

designs them himself? oh, unless you i do welcome. thank you. unless you been at ease, i tell ye is filled with handmade historical costumes. all made right here in venice. why does everyone where all of these beautiful masks they was all together with the mask, you go over your personality man, woman reach for and the period the where everybody was the same ha, a mask is an absolute must. if you want to go out partying during carnival, there are some parties where you don't need to fill historical costume, but to mask is non negotiable. the sun is setting, it's getting darker and there's a sense of anticipation in the air. i'm here on the 1st

official day of carnival, which means the 1st parties of this season are taking place to night. but be where most of the private parties are pretty expensive. so i'm headed to the university district of santa margarita to see what the vibe is like. on the other side of time. people are a lot more casually dressed in the student district. there's still a sense of celebration, but the costumes aren't quite as high bro. you celebrating carnival? i am the girl. a slightly different vibe. this side of town. why are you? i'm here in this part of the city van santa margarita. yes. hello. are you guys very, very good. a i, there you have it man is carnival in all of it. shapes and forms is amazing. see

all of the extravagant costumes around the passes in marco. but it seems like that kind of scene attracts, maybe all the venetians and tourists. whereas younger students have their own way of celebrating, either way, lots to see and lots of fun to be had. ah, and the celebrations continue here in germany. the city of cologne is a real carnival stronghold with many of the parties taking place in special clubs. now this is where revelers dress up and dancers traditional german and carnival songs. d w reporter brent dennis from australia took part in cologne's festivities for the 1st time. but he certainly had a lot to do before the celebrating could begin. ha, how did i end up in this situation? carnival in cologne is massive. yeah,

humming from australia. i've never seen a party like this is complete madness and really draws the crowds. the can. i celebrate carnival like a german. i met with macs, my chaperone for the day. he's a member of the nippers burg here, one of the oldest carnival clubs in cologne today. mac library. nice to have you here. thank you very much. when you tell me what we're doing today, you will have to survive a typical day of carnival in chrome. so we'll have your durst, then we will have some dancing lessons with you. oh. and down you will have to perform the strengths and a big station cologne. in front of hundreds of people, really frightened yet? yes. okay, i guess we'd better stop practicing we do. oh, oh, carnival stance on the 11th of november, every year ending about 3 months later, the club trains weekly, starting in july without being paid for forming up to 5 or 6 shows a day. we started off with something simple collected, right? turns down it's a lot of swing, so wasn't too hard, but no cost jim,

no carnival. so let's see what i'm wearing to night. oh, like a thought. your mo you look like a real yeah. what yet is a word for carnival? go as and translates roughly to jester, one of many phrases you have to know or you might feel a little left out. hello. that's a typical greeting. it carnival in germany, but not in cologne. stop it right there. what that? well that's not the proper things to say here in colona campbell, i know you say trailer i laugh cuz riot color. carla, i laugh i love. yeah. ah, okay, here we go. time to try out the new lingo. jayma from have so co cobra. ah, and they loved it, the club goes back to 19 o 3 and it's one of $480.00 like hitting clone. so what's in these miniature glasses? so next, what are you drinking day?

read drinking here. the typical polonium brew coach. okay. it's a really powerful if you drink a lot so. okay, and you to okay tooth it's no bad at that then you. i was stunned by the crowds. i've just realized i have to perform in front of all of these people. also, i guess i should be putting on the rest of my costume, which i'm told, cause i have a 3000 euros. i'm actually a little confused where we even, oh, so max, what even is this hit? this is a classic. com about it. so kind of up system is where people come from. now our many rows and tables where people sit and dance and music performance come and we come. we actually come and dance in front of those people or i might to little bit excited and nervous, but i guess we better get ready not going to go. time for the show carnival driving . stop from dan honda has arrived. looking into the crowd,

i could see every one is wearing something completely different. tall past steampunk a pirate and i think a bird. hopefully i've remembered my dance moves for sure. yeah. maybe not today. ah, the rest of the show was a bluff. i even got congratulated at the end. oh, oh. okay. as you can see, the have loved my performance. ah, okay sir. it's ira now. had it under your max. it was a tough challenge bought to good that had very, very well are. thank you. thank you. you'll provide one day in the colon canada bank to give you something to remind you owe on us anchor loan and our encounter you get our annual order. so thank you sir. wow, it's you. it is congratulations. thank you very much. come back to cologne. okay,

we are done. thank god, we've come here at 12 o'clock today. i've learned everything about the culture of poland. about carnival here from max. we've dance on stage in front of hundreds of people, and now i think i'm going off the bed. i see you next time. bye bye. i'll he deserves a rest now. for any one who needs protection from the papa rossi, or screaming fans, body guard ahmed mohammed is the man to call. he's been employed by some of hollywood biggest names, including john travolta, sylvester stallone, and pamela anderson. when, after decades in the business, he decided to expand into the field of fashion because after all, it helps to be well dressed when in the company of celebrities. when aft met, mohammed is on hand. the only piece like german pain to lay on live and house and

star german violinist, david garrett feel safe. here, germany's best known body guard is assigned to provide security for an exhibition opening emitter. it would be at the good of, on that with an event like this, you have to consider the possibility of something happening because alcohol is present what people want. autographs, people want photos, and then they're not under control and start pushing one another one. then a glass might draw from somewhere above. we're in a gallery here, your mother or somebody might want to get down fast. something's always happening like glasses involved. not only is augment mohammed a body guard, he's also a fashion designer. but before getting to that, let's look back at his illustrious career, asp. net mohammed has made his living as a body guard for some 30 years now watching over the who's who of hollywood, including stars like bruce willis and angelina shall need his

result. money. good. i regard my clients as family members. everyone i take on, i enjoy protecting very much. in fact, i was very emotionally connected to mohammed ali answered because the whole world honors the man who has it. and you could see that when i was taking care of him, man, how many people would have willingly given their heart to this person? oh, but the road to success was a rock. he won off, met mohammed came from lebanon. his father died in the civil war and she himself was hit by fragmentation grenade. in 1976, his mother fled with him and 9 brothers and sisters to west berlin. i've met mohammed dropped out of school to devote himself to martial arts, which he'd been practicing since childhood. austin, not the 1st thing foreigners due to integrate when they're in a foreign country is pursue sports, whether it's soccer or karate or taekwondo. dickinson side already watched so many bruce lee movies and he'd inspired me. i started with hi quando, but he, it was, was meant to condo anger from an app that mohammed starts his day at 6 am

exercising per round 2 hours. and in the evening, he puts in another session in the fitness studio. for hours of sports are part of his daily routine. a body guard has to be in top physical shape. now with a well tone security man has founded his own sportswear brant. the label is called legends after the many living legends he's protected as body guard. he offers the collection online for ladies as well as one for the gen, often modeling them himself and giving testimonials for the camera. if you did mention carney, people where cycling shorts and many like to wear a top with a bare midriff, all right, that's completely normal that are feely mentioned. and on the red carpet, many like to wear light apparel on. so hobbies missed so i took inspiration from that to make a sports label. get some muffin. now. 58 ac smith, mohammed's preferred working clothes, or seats of his own design with a matching vest. that standard body guard outfits normally black or not quite to

his taste is what you need to cover the and i didn't want to wear a tie go. i didn't want those blazers that are really tighter. good those. but i wanted to look good and still have the freedom of movement with a vest dress shirt and a suit vista were the best you can put on a turtle neck or a t shirt. and you'll always look good because the best is what makes the outfit was. oh hm. it flies all over the world for his clients. luxury hotels have become almost a 2nd home to him. as a boy, he never dreamt he would lead such a life of privilege one day mister and forward. i'd like to set an example for young people. i wish i'd like to set an example for people who don't know how they can get ahead and no longer believe in the society. ah, i was one of those boys. while i was on the street myself and i was bull. i said my moping, i was aggressive and didn't know what to do with myself, is alvin used to have his job in sports drop. what taught me to take on responsibility fun for don't see, but naming from an impoverished refugee to

a successful body guard and fashion designer who is committed to helping youth. and in the meantime is a celebrity in his own right. ok. now mohammed shows what can happen when you don't give up on your dreams. for a simple and delicious appetizer, you really don't need much more than some fresh bread and a tasty olive oil. well back in ancient times, it was considered a luxury item, a kind of liquid gold. today of course, you can buy a bottle of olive oil for just a few years at the grocery store, but like a fine wine, the quality of the olive oil depends on the variety of olives and where it's grown . spain is by far the largest producer of olive oil, so we headed there to find out how to best identify the best kind ah, can i get them for somebody? it has to have personality has to touch you. okay, that's what i value most about

a good extra virgin olive oil, tennessee with emotional bold, what it'll give you in our village here. we live from olive. they ship our attitude towards life and lifestyle with . i would say that all well is not just oil. it's not just the fat, it's juice, it's the fresh use of it all up with that on our farm is in the sabbatical region for the areas. soil has high line content. making farming very difficult in many ways because it's not very fertile. but it's good for olive oil quality because the soil gives the trees and the olives

a host of benefits and will further my product. ah, spain is the main driver. we are the largest producer in the entire world. i think you have to keep in mind that spain, spain alone has 260 of ours of allan callaway . i get the name of the people the think of these are the 3 bar righties of all of it. we make extra virgin olive oil from it if he qual, kuda, because you know, and all he blanca math and got some of them are a bit spicier and what he blanca is a bit stronger than p quality. the my while the crude oil is more aromatic at 1st. it be cool though, if adam article ah we

for them all to look at them and we constantly monitor our olive groves to determine the ideal time to harvest the olive skin with in want to work a thing until the timing is so important because the olives need to be as mature as possible at in, in the fair mother if we harvest early sort of because that way and the oils we produce are much more aromatic and flavorful. which on my settlement because than that i'm mucho, my fellow and i brought the vehicle. if you look it up cramped, a good olive oil. you have to make sure the olive as healthy and supper is as little damage as possible when it was his onion, low men of pushy, liquid m, case a professor. we ensure that no more than 2 hours passed between harvesting the olives and delivering them to the factory

a like you get to the factory, open the door and george enveloped in the fragrance of oil being but a man. it's the best. it's how the very best part is always in the mail, with airs weekly, and sell them up. okay, we stand out from the others because we really emphasize harvesting olives at the ideal moment. all nothing to show me in addition, but we're very careful about selecting the olives and we follow a very meticulous and detailed production schedule in ah,

with when you 1st open the bottle a poor little bit and in a cup, for example, warm it up and take a smell of the olive oil, you're going to notice freshness. it should smell fresh. keep in mind that olive oil should be a little bit better. this is the healthy part if it starts to make you copy. this is a good thing. and last but not least, we delve into the fine art of embroidery. it's extremely time consuming, but many artists want to keep the special needlework alive and you, ming lou is one of them. she actually draws her inspiration from food and creates 3 d embroidery, is that look so real that joe wanted take a bite out of them. o, anguish breakfast with bacon, eggs and beans. pour. how about some popcorn or broccoli?

tasty. they'll be. look, these foodstuffs are best not eaten. british artist, you mang lu, created them with a needle and thread. i think avi food has their own character. for example, like him, my baby bulkley, i made, i want to let people feel relaxing and it felt really peaceful. and for example, like my fide ag, it's really energetic and worn. so i wanna transfer all of the fillings to my audiences. so the idea of food inspired embroidery came to her over breakfast in 2020. and the series embroidered edibles was born. she posts the finished works on instagram. our goal is to create $301.00 pieces in total. it's actually really good . cuba, a 301 a is a computer language is a, it's like something like right direction. so at that time as a new direction. moving you mang lou,

who's originally from the chinese region you not studied at the london school of bashing to day she lives in bristol, england. she takes her inspiration from the culture and landscapes of both countries. i went to dolly, it's a by minority re jane china. so i went to a pod. can i met the locos, who was doing the amazing punch nato embroidery by just straight away, i being attracted by their work enthralled by this handiwork. you mang lube began to teach herself the punch needle technique. unlike normal embroidery, it involves working with loops, ideas developed and i weight vents it into my own like techniques basically push them through us into the base fabric. and now i will get a lot of loops in the flood, and then i just

a tray man that scalper to that of fi. no, look that what at what the artist is fascinated by diverse textures and by the unique nature of a variety of fruit and vegetables in particular, they have, oh, different like touchy texture. so someone really smooth osama has this kind of really fun discipline like it. so face, i feel like they, they want me to use many dose to tell that do to tell the different stories about them, depending on the size and the effort required. the artist can work up to several months on an object. she uses silk or cotton thread for all her projects. smaller works have about 10000 loops, while larger ones have more than 100000. i designed it, my own best po, punch nieto cars to the, the mog here was really big and, and is like this. why is really that occur?

so you can quit a more in details. occasionally, you mang lou also accepts commissions and she can imagine working with fashion houses and other companies in the future. but her heart belongs to this main project. now i'm thinking that these poacher is more like a lives high poacher, so i will keep making mole odds which i keep all of them because i, i really hope that one day i can exhibit them all of them into in that calibrate optical illusions which wet the appetite for more, in this context, playing with your food is quite all right. looks so real, it makes me hungry. and with that, it is time to say good bye, but b for be sure to check out our website for this week's a viewers draw and

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