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yeah funny looking happy people as far as the eye can see the german city of cologne is in konovalov fever. the people heading the celebrations are called the tiger triumvirate composed of a prince a peasant and a maiden. over the course of seven weeks they perform at hundreds of carnival events and they call that fun. like. i. was. in an elevator at a hotel in cologne heading down. a little the day be like. exciting nice. now the kind of all is well underway the triumvirate sleep at a hotel though not much they put in for one hundred appearances at carnival events in less than two months and are often on the go twelve hours a day still despite their grueling schedule the job has its rewards i mean when you go to a seniors herman a ninety year old woman in the front row says i had to reach ninety to get this close to the triumvirate those are moments you don't forget for. each year a new term for it is selected by the cologne carnival festival committee the three men's convoy resembles the visit from the head of state legend has it. during carnival they other ones who built the city.

please please konovalov and christianity go hand in hand the faithful enjoy life to the fullest prior to the depredations of lent. well he brings joy to others every day the prince's own family season just once a week. you obviously view it with mixed feelings they're happy to always get lots of folk. me and say look there's papa but on the other hand they miss me a lot of fellows like a philistine child alone to be able to sleep at home again on ash wednesday. not before that. beside me. instead like uh this will be exchanging medals and kisses which are known here as puts. the most us boy you have to want it the plan was hatched two or three years back as i've had so much fun since getting involved in a carnival organization. i played the jester bellyache before that was great so i wanted to do more and now i'm in the triumvirate it's just fun that's what this is about. it's a cost a pleasure then this of the triumvirate pay for their regalia the medals and the bells of drinks themselves the tab can run to thousands of euro's. and what happens if all the hubbub gets to be too much.

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and we put a real nice big party the konovalov is loud flamboyant and a riot of excess the busiest some christian groups are hoping to make a few converts. turn a warm welcome to you i'm under the cima there's been an opposition leader one by bill has arrived back in the country defined a threat by president nicolas maduro to arrest him for breaking a travel ban after a hero's welcome at the airport by those spoke to a crowd of ecstatic supporters in the capital caracas thousands are out on the streets in response to a school for rallies across the nation to increase pressure on moderate to step down. now venezuela's neighbors are keeping a close eye on developments in caracas including a. columbia let me join a chorus one of the hobbit a good a good us who is in bogota. though has got international and regional support including from bogota now he's got a hero's welcome by his supporters how important is this protest action for why they'll well and retired it's extremely important and it's not going to be the only one by the way in the words of one way or we already heard that he is pl

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the evangelicals at copacabana have a particular goal for konovalov they want to convert nonbelievers. they sell it because we want to reach those who don't yet know jesus christ who can also be happy without alcohol drugs and those kinds of things in this world we don't need them we've got jesus that was not i just was not exactly the usual carnival slogan . well carnival rivalries are underway in germany too with hundreds of thousands of people parading through the streets of cities like cologne to celebrate what's known as rose monday it is. the highlight of germany's a five day carnival festival that kicked off at the end of last week the slopes of the fading well known characters as well as the old sayings of the german including some political satire are greeted with cheers by the in colorful crowds ready for despite warnings of heavy rain and strong winds in little britain dampen the lives of these artists deep down schools will fund them if you're being sure to lose to school or minder not our top story here on d w violent storms and at least one tornado has swept through the

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the evangelicals that kind of pick a band that have a particular goal for konovalov they want to convert nonbelievers. we want to reach those who don't yet know jesus christ we can also be happy without alcohol drugs and those kinds of things in this world we don't need them we've got jesus now that is not exactly the usual carnival slogan oh yes a football for you now and the latest from the bonus legal weekend anthony howard from d.w. sports is with me hey anthony three so i want to get your take on by and munich catching up to dortmund at the top of the table in just a minute but first tell me about sunday's big match both spoilt brain the best of the action for sure now but things got a chance to make europe so that's where the big payday is if you make the top four you make that money and that's a very powerful thing in football when a hottie talking to you one of this time of the year that this can also have an underlying story line that was brewing before kickoff and that was the coach i bring out of my body a could get punched a coach shell a superpower struggling at the bottom o

so celebrates konovalov. deeply concerned by the election of both scenarios who's repeatedly expressed homophobic views of the make the fisa crowd in that we're going through difficult times with all these crazies who have just come to power in prison but will have to stand up to them and that's why there's accountability is this they say they got not always hate so. i have nothing against evangelicals getting into the continental spirit. that when these religious and social freedom the evangelicals don't drink and i won't either today this is water i suppose the main thing is that everyone feels good and happy i want to reach those who don't yet know jesus christ can also be happy without alcohol drugs and those kinds of things in this world we don't need them we've got jesus not just i think secondly the usual carnival slogan. i just want to bring you some breaking news the venezuelan opposition leader one why though has returned to venezuela he is in caucus and this despite threats from president nicolas m