Beer, music and shouts of 'Hau-Ruck' as a Bavarian village raises its new maypole

May 2, 2026 - 14:00
Beer, music and shouts of 'Hau-Ruck' as a Bavarian village raises its new maypole
As the brass band played Bavarian tunes and the villagers drank their beer, watched and cheered, the young men of Kuhbach in southern Germany pushed up their new maypole with long wooden rods until it stood perfectly straight against the sky.