The world is amazed. The Czechs on Charles Bridge celebrated the end of the crisis, and the pandemic persists
“We want to celebrate the end of the coronavirus crisis by not allowing people to meet and show that they are afraid of interpersonal contact, nor are they afraid to take a piece of sandwich from their neighbor,” AFP quoted event organizer and well-known café owner Ondřej Kobza.
Due to hygienic and organizational reasons, the Banquet Table was not open without restrictions. Prior registration was necessary, but the organizers left several vacancies for passers-by. The participants of the event could sit at the table from 6 pm to 10 pm, but it was up to everyone to bring their own snacks.
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The table, about 500 meters long, caught the well-deserved attention of passers-by. It was also unusual that only Czech sounded on Charles Bridge on Tuesday evening. The event could have taken place thanks to a significant outflow of foreign tourists from the streets of the capital.
One of the feasters was Galina Krejčíková, who stated that she learned about the event on Facebook and it seems to be already interesting. “I came back from the night shift, so I didn’t have time to prepare anything. However, we brought with us some wine and snacks that we found at home, “the BBC woman quoted her as saying.
An early celebration?
Photographs of several hundred people feasting together at a time when pandemics are still raging in parts of the world and the WHO strongly warns that the coronavirus is still not over have caught the attention of the foreign press. About the Prague celebrations of the end of the coronavirus crisis, for example British BBC.
However, according to BBC correspondent Rob Cameron, the participants themselves admitted that the celebrations could be a bit premature. “At the same time, however, everyone felt that thanks to a quick and decisive reaction, the Czechia avoided flying bullets. On Charles Bridge, optimism prevailed on Tuesday evening, as everyone remembered what it meant to live again, “Cameron described the atmosphere on Tuesday afternoon.