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Strakonice

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Strakonice 

a city in Czechoslovakia, in the Czech Socialist Republic, South Bohemia. Situated on the Otava River, a tributary of the Vltava. Population, 18,700 (1973). Strakonice produces motor vehicles, including motorcycles, and textiles, for example, worsted fabrics and woolen articles. The city also has a milk cannery and a brewery.
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32 Colt Model 1927, manufactured by Ceska Zbrojovka of Strakonice, Czechoslovakia.
Seven shootings, one murder - the grisly history of a pistol known as ... by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
The Crossing Borders theme will be marked by a film presentation by Prague-based Jefe Brown on the Czech international bagpiping festival at Strakonice, with archive footage of Northumbrian musicians and dancers.
Bags of fun in the pipes line; Get set for a traditional county ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
In Bohemia the oldest festivals include the International Bagpipes Festival in Strakonice, and festivals in Domazlice, Melnik, Pardubice, Lazne Belohrad and Cerveny Kostelec [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This "second life" of folk music and dance, together with the informed cultivation and presentation of other elements of traditional culture plays an important role in the Czech Republic in forming a sense of local, regional and national identity.
Folk music, song and dance in Bohemia and Moravia by Vejvoda, Zdenek / Czech Music
 
 
 
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