Czechs celebrate May Day

Czechia celebrated May Day on Monday, with events happening around the country. Parades, concerts, and the 'majáles' festival, a student celebration of the arrival of spring, love and student life, took place in Prague and other cities.

In many communities, maypoles were erected, which in Czechia take the form of a whole tree, stripped of branches and bark except for the very top, which is decorated with fabric or crepe paper ribbons with a decorated wreath hanging from it. Gatherings which associate the day with celebrations of love, including the traditional meeting on Petřín Hill by the statue of Karel Hynek Mácha, also took place.