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Vlčnov celebrates the reign of new boy-king

Daniela Lazarová
03-02-2016
Šimon Pešl, photo: CTK

The wine flowed freely and the music played until the small hours at the annual costume ball in the town of Vlčnov last Saturday. The ball annually launches the reign of the new boy-king elected by the young men who’d come of age the previous year. The centuries old tradition, which culminates with the Ride of the Kings in May, is on UNESCO’s cultural heritage list.


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