Shaolin monks bring Buddhist philosophy to Plzen
The main square in the West Bohemian city of Plzen witnessed a rather unusual spectacle this week: a performance by a group of Shaolin monks from central China. The monks combine martial arts, Buddhist philosophy and traditional Chinese theatre, and over the next few weeks they'll be touring towns and cities across the Czech Republic. Radio Prague's Plzen correspondent, Premysl Rosulek, watched the performance, and afterwards he spoke to one of the organisers of the tour, Georg Hartmann: