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Witches Hunting Night Parade (Paleni Carodejnic)

April 30, 2024 @ 5:30 pm May 1, 2024 @ 2:00 am


Witches Hunting Night Parade (Paleni Carodejnic) 30 April 2023 18:00 Witches’ Night is an ancient folk festival held across the Czech Republic to mark the end of winter and the start of spring. It is a cross between Halloween and May Day, in which an effigy of a witch, said to resemble winter (or perhaps a historical reference to witch-hunting), is burnt on pyres. In Prague, a lantern parade starts around 6pm at the Lesser Town Square, and proceeds to Kampa Park to burn the witch around 7pm. Lesser Town Square, Prague 1 and all aroud Czech republic families to small villages…

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Start:
April 30, 2024 @ 5:30 pm
End:
May 1, 2024 @ 2:00 am
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Prague Municipality