A few weekends ago, NYU brought up on a trip to the southern regionn of the Czech Republic, called Moravia. It's more rural, and I'm told it's the equivalent of the American south. There they were celebrating Fašanky, the equivalent of Mardi Gras. The first day we were there we went to Brno, where somehow I didn't get any good pictures. The next day, we went to a couple small villages where they were celebrating. People came out of their houses with plates of finger sandwiches and Slivovice, which is a sort of plum brandy, and insisted that everybody who passed took a sandwich and a shot. We were all drunk by 11am, and hungover by noon. We then went to another town where there was a more official celebration, with dancing and small bands playing.
everything I expected from a provincial southern Moravian town.
a group of musicians playing folk songs
a lot of people in strange costumes, confused, drunk students
Taryn, Vanessa and Alex with face paint.
