Mikulov festival celebrates town’s tradition of diversity

An annual festival aimed at drawing attention to Mikulov’s tradition of cultural diversity and tolerance is being held in the south Moravian town. Visitors to the three-day event, taking place this year for the 11th time, have been sampling various kinds of food from around the region and beyond. One of the organisers told the Czech News Agency that a noble family which ruled Mikulov for five centuries, the Dietrichsteins, had tolerated 13 different religious faiths. The town, which is near Vienna, was home to one of Moravia’s biggest Jewish communities.