Posted on January 24, 2010. Filed under: Bohemia, Culture, Czech Events, Czech News, Czech Republic, Prague |
In what was supposed to be the largest carnival celebration in Europe, yesterday was the last day of Masopust. For an excellent description of this holiday-slash-celebration, go here. Long story short, it’s the start of Lent, but without the religion.
And, because one thousand people have hit this page, here is a link to a bunch of pictures I took yesterday of the costumed celebrants.
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