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A man dressed as Jesus got his cross stuck in an underground station’s roof as he rode up an escalator in this hilarious video.

The long-haired, bearded young man dressed in robes was riding up the escalator in the western German city of Cologne, carrying a full-sized crucifix.

His spiritual demeanour is broken however when the cross, resting on the escalator’s rising floor, is forced by its motion into the ceiling.

He then frantically attempts to tug it out, much to the amusement of onlookers .

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A man is heard shouting: "Oh Scheisse" ("Oh s***").

On one local video website alone, the video has so far been watched more than 500,000 times.

The man was dressed as Jesus to take part in Cologne’s famed street carnival, featuring parades, balls and street shows.

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One viewer joked: "Carnival will be a huge martyrdom for him."

Carnival, a festive season that occurs before the liturgical season of Lent, occurred all over the Rhineland in Germany last weekend, with the biggest celebrations found in the cities of Cologne and Dusseldorf.

The Cologne carnival culminated yesterday in "Rosenmontag" (Rose Monday), when a giant street parade was held through the inner city of the German metropolis.

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Revellers, who dress up in all sorts of costumes while drinking liberal amount of the local "Koelsch" beer, traditionally use carnival to mock those in power.

Individuals, walking groups and huge parade floats mock religious, political and society figures and satirise news stories.

This year’s street parade also saw the Germans picturing Brexit with a mock figure of Theresa May committing suicide with a gun, as well as a mock Donald Trump positioned behind an uncomfortable looking Statue of Liberty who is on all fours. There was also a line-up of Far-Right politicians Geert Wilders, Marine Le Pen, Donald Trump - and Adolf Hitler.