Czech Republic - Sokol Rally in Prague
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation). The Sokol (which translates as Falcon') arose as the first Czech Gymnastic organisation in the 1860s. Between the First and Second World Wars the organisation grew to have a million members. The Sokol programmes were organised to have mass appeal across all strata of Czech society and across all age groups
Picture No
10411683
Media ID
46514139
Size
2974px x 4692px
(1.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Patriotic Card with reproduction of painting by Hornika
Date
1921
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Calisthenics Clenched Courage Czechoslovakian Defiance Endurance Exercising Fraternalism Gymnastic Healthy Loincloth Nationalism Participation Sandals Sokol Vsesokolsky
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