With no snow amid days of rain, a group of Bavarians turned to bales of hay to build the giant snowman that has risen annually on a village market square in southern Germany for more than 35 years. A farmer from a nearby village provided 30 bales of hay, which the builders wrapped in white foil to build the snowman, dubbed Jakob, on the square in Bischofsgrün, located not far from the city of Beyreuth. It’s the first time in the event’s history that local volunteers were unable to find enough snow to build the snowman, according to Wilhelm Zapf of the town’s tourist information office. Every y…