Prague – Prčice. The march with the longest and most massive tradition took place for the first time 55 years ago
Tourists first set out on the route on April 17, 1966. There were almost five hundred of them at that time, and in the Central Bohemian countryside a distance of 100,000 Czech elbows awaited them, which is about 60 each. This year, 17 routes for pedestrians and four for cyclists await tourists. Due to coronavirus, the organizers postponed it to June 13.
The wife said: Get the fuck out of it! And so they went
The squirrels got into a bit of a rude challenge “Go to hell!” We do not know what is true, but it is said that this popular swearing inspired the idea of a long-distance march. Tourism promoters Stanislav Rataj, Jiří Dvořák and Karel Kulle were present at its birth.
According to the traditional version, they searched for a suitable target for the march until the wife of one of them ran out of patience. She therefore closed the discussion vigorously with the words: “It’s time for lunch, fuck it!” And so they went.
The first years were thematic
Originally, there was one route. For example, the first year was subtitled Suk’s Way and its 65-kilometer route led through Křečovice, where the composer Josef Suk was born.
The second year was in the spirit of the motto Za zlatem z Jílové. His motive was the search for gold-bearing places on the route of the march. For the first time, tourists could choose the route for the pink 1970s. Gradually, the selection of routes of various lengths expanded.
I am very attracted to the Prague – Prčice march, sung by Ivan Mládek
The Prague Prčice march in the 1980s became the most massive. In 1981, almost 36,000 people went to Prčice. In May 2019, that was 10,000 fewer people. The march was also popularized by Karel Kachyna’s film Where Gentlemen, Where Are You Going. You will also hear about the march in a song by Ivan Mládek, where I am very attracted by the Prague Prčice March.
The participants of the march remained an interesting souvenir – a plastic boot, which has a different color every year and is called Prčický škrpál. The first four years were rewarded with a ribbon.