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The Oktoberfest, Munich's annual beer festival, kicks off with the mayor of the city tapping the first keg at noon. The festival will go on until 3 October 2023. IMAGES
Bhopal, Jan 12 (EFE/EPA).- India on Wednesday continued to dispatch batches of Covishield vaccine to distribution centers across the country ahead of the vaccination drive set to kick off during the weekend in the world's second most populous country. The Covid-19 vaccine has been developed by the United Kingdom's Oxford University and British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, and will be administered to the people from Saturday onwards. (Camera: SANJEEV GUPTA). SHOT LIST: COVID-19 VACCINE ARRIVES IN BHOPAL, INDIA.
Ready, steady, pull! Thousands of participants grabbed one end of the rope in the annual Naha Tug-on-war festival in Naha city, Japan over the weekend and pulled with all their might and muster in an event that was officially declared the largest tug-of-war ever fought. 17 team members had spent some 40 days in order to prepare the 656 foot rope, which was also recognised by Guinness Book of World Records as the largest straw rope ever made.
What better way is there to ring the fall season than with a good old traditional giant pumpkin contest? One such contest takes place every year in the German city of Ludwigsburg, where farmers from all over Europe roll out the biggest pumpkins you can imagine. 24-year-old Belgian farmer Mathias Willemijns won Ludwigsburg's pumpkin competition on Sunday, with a gourd that weighed in at 1,008 kilograms, or 2,222 pounds.
Oktoberfest is the biggest party in Germany, but you've got to dress the part. In the run-up to this year's Oktoberfest, which will kick off on Saturday, September 16, Stuttgart designer Kinga Mathe unveiled what may be the world's most expensive dirndl, which costs a whopping $32,000. The price tag for the dirndl may seem shocking, but every item is custom made for each individual client with only the finest materials and precious stones.
The supplier to the worlds best restaurant Noma in Copenhagen is featured in the documentary 'Good things await'. He teaches us that farming is not just a style, it's a life style.
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