The Ride of the Kings. Traditional folklore festival in Vlcnov, Czech Republic. The boy king rides followed by two pageboys.
The Ride of the Kings. Folklore festival in Vlcnov, Czech Republic. 11-year-old boy Ondrej Darek Franta (C), elected to play this year's King, rides a decorated horse followed by two pageboys with unsheathed sabres during the Ride of the Kings. The Ride of the Kings takes place every year in the small village of Vlcnov in Moravian Slovakia, an ethnic region in South Moravia, Czech Republic. This traditional folklore festival has been inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
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