
A Bavarian man tries to pull his opponent over the table during traditional Bavarian finger pulling championship, called 'Fingerhakln', in the Bavarian village of Pflugdorf, about 50 kilometres west of Munich, August 27, 2006.


Stewardesses of German airline Lufthansa, wearing traditional Bavarian Dirndl dresses, serve up a drink inside an airplane at Munich's international airport, September 1, 2006. Lufthansa dressed their crews on over-seas fights to Tokyo, Shanghai, Washington and New York from their original uniforms to Dirndl dresses from September 1 to October 3 to promote Munich's famous Octoberfest beer festival which lasts from September 16 to October 3. REUTERS/Alexandra Beier (GERMANY)

People wearing traditional Bavarian costumes wait for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI at Munich airport. The pontiff has arrived in the southern German region of Bavaria, to begin a six-day homecoming pilgrimage which will re-trace the early stages of his life.(AFP/Janek Skarzynski)

Pope Benedict XVI is welcomed by children wearing Bavarian traditional outfits as German president Horst Koehler (2nd L) and chancellor Angela Merkel (L) look on at Munich's Franz Joseph Strauss airport September 9, 2006. REUTERS/Maurizio Brambatti/Pool (GERMANY)

Pilgrims in traditional Bavarian clothes wait for a holy mass with Pope Benedict XVI in Munich, September 10, 2006. The Pope, continuing a nostalgic visit to the German city where he served as archbishop, on Sunday celebrates an outdoor mass expected to draw hundreds of thousands of people. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY)


Pilgrims in traditional Bavarian clothes wait for a holy mass with Pope Benedict XVI in Munich, September 10, 2006. The Pope, continuing a nostalgic visit to the German city where he served as archbishop, on Sunday celebrates an outdoor mass expected to draw hundreds of thousands of people. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY)

A Bavarian girl wearing tradtional dress shows happy excitement while she waits with her family for the arrival of pope Bendedict XVI to an open-air Mass on the fair grounds of Munich, southern Germany, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006. The pontiff is on a six-day-visit to his Bavarian homeland. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)

Pope Benedict XVI, center, is greeted by an unidentified man dressd with a typical Bavarian dress as he leaves the Residence in Munich, southern Germany, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006. At left the governor of the southern German state of Bavaria, Edmund Stoiber. The pontiff is on a six-day visit to Bavaria. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Benedict XVI talks to a traditionally dressed Bavarian girl after receiving a bunch of flowers outside the Munich opera house September 9, 2006. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY)

A pilgrim wearing a hat with traditional Bavarian decoration called 'Gamsbart' (beard of chamois) waits for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI at the Munich fair ground for a mass on Sunday morning, Sept.10, 2006. German-born Pope Benedict XVI pays a six-day visit to his his Bavarian homeland from Sept. 9 to Sept. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

A Bavarian orchestra marches before a mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI at Munich's fairground September 10, 2006. The Pope, continuing a nostalgic visit to the German city where he served as archbishop, on Sunday celebrates an outdoor mass expected to draw hundreds of thousands of people. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski (GERMANY) Email Photo Print Photo

A Bavarian couple kisses while waiting for Pope Benedict XVI at Munich's fairground September 10, 2006. The Pope, continuing a nostalgic visit to the German city where he served as archbishop, on Sunday celebrates an outdoor mass expected to draw hundreds of thousands of people. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski (GERMANY)

REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY)

Pilgrims in traditional Bavarian dresses from Raubling read a special edition of a newspaper with a photo of Pope benedict XVI on the frontpage and headlines 'The Pope in Munich' prior to the beginning of a mass with Pope Benedict XVI on the fair ground in Munich, southern Germany, Sunday morning, Sept. 10. 2006. German-born Pope Benedict XVI pays a six-day visit to his his Bavarian homeland from Sept. 9 to Sept. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
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