Czechia

Czechia keeps puppetry, glassmaking, blueprint dyeing and ride-of-the-kings customs.

Music & dance Textile & dress Spirituality & rites Crafts Food & cooking

Knowledge in this place

Marionette puppetry

Marionette puppetry

The string-puppet theatre tradition jointly listed with Slovakia by UNESCO.

Blaudruck blueprint dyeing

Blaudruck blueprint dyeing

Resist block-printing with indigo, inscribed on the UNESCO list across Central Europe.

Textile & dress

Ride of the Kings

Ride of the Kings

A springtime horseback procession in southeast Moravia, inscribed by UNESCO.

Spirituality & rites

Bohemian glassmaking

Bohemian glassmaking

The cutting and blowing of crystal glass with centuries of Bohemian know-how.

Knedliky dumplings

Knedliky dumplings

Steamed bread or potato dumplings served sliced alongside stews.