CARNIVAL IN ČESKÝ KRUMLOV 2018

náměstí Svornosti 2
38101 Český Krumlov
Contact: Infocentrum Český Krumlov

Telephone: +420 380 704 622

Location: Český Krumlov
Type: Culture, events; Highlights

The old tradition of Shrove Tuesday folk festivals has been revived along with its typical Carnival featuring a procession of colourful masks, street plays, conjurers, and musicians, as well as an abundant feast and dancing because Shrovetide marks the end of the festive season and the beginning of Lent.

CARNIVAL IN MONASTERIES

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10.02.2018 (Sa)	10:00 - 18:00

● CRAFT ON THE MONASTERY COURTYARD
Create together with your children a traditional handicraft product by potters, bagpipers, saddlers, bookbinders, blacksmiths, bakeries, waders, glasses, soap dispensers and postcard printers.

● CREATIV ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS AND ADULTS
Creation of masks and rhythmic instruments in the Great Hall.
You and your children can take part in the traditional carnival procession (13 February)!

● SMALL MARKET ON THE MONASTERY COURTYARD
Do not miss the popular period market for the Anděl Páně 2 film show
a variety of salty and sweet specialities and traditional folk music!

Payment for all activities: Monastery coins, exchange rate: 1 coin = 10 CZK

Organizer: Town Theater Český Krumlov - Monasteries Český Krumlov

CARNIVAL FEAST

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10.02.2018 (Sa)	16:00

Please accept our invitation for the traditional carnival feast taking place in the Eggenberg Brewery.
• Pork delicacies and traditional specialties
• Local band Nakřáplý šišky (at 5 pm)

Free entry

CARNIVAL PARADE

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13.02.2018 (Tu)	16:00

The Art School of Český Krumlov in cooperation with the Secondary Arts School of Holy Agnes of Boheuma, musicians, artists and citizens of the city are organizing the 12th year of the "Carnival Parade".

The pupils of the art school are preparing 40 new masks on "Theater without a Curtain". Masks are inspired by comedia dell'arte, traditional Japanese theater nó and Chinese opera.

Tradition

The time between the Three Kings and Ash Wednesday has traditionally been the carnival period. During the carnival there were feasts taking place on the royal court, dancing entertainments held in the towns and in the villages there were traditional pig specialties prepared. Carnival was a time of indulgence, in preparation for the fasting period that followed. The masquerade celebration, usually taking place on Carnival Tuesday, that is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, has always been the highlight of the carnival. On Ash Wednesday people still ate greasy rolls with coffee or milk and in the morning, liquor was still permitted. Lunch was already in the spirit of the fasting period: lentils with eggs, cheese, bread, boiled grits, and baked potatoes.

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the fasting period. It falls on the 40th day before Easter (Sundays do not count). As the date for Easter is a moving one, Ash Wednesday also falls on a different date each year. The name Ash Wednesday is derived from the habit of burning palms or branches with flower buds from the Flower Sunday of last year. Ashes from the burning are used during the Ash Wednesday church service when the church attendants are marked with these ashes on their brows. This symbolic marking with ashes refers to the Middle Eastern tradition of throwing ashes over one's head as a sign of atonement before God.

CARNIVAL IN ČESKÝ KRUMLOV 2018

CARNIVAL IN MONASTERIES

CARNIVAL FEAST

CARNIVAL PARADE

Tradition

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Carnival in Krumlov 2017

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