hops harvest

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hops harvest
By Simona Vykouková
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The hops harvest festival, feast of hop and beer
is traditionally highlight action of the city
Žatec. This festival is periodically the first
Friday and Saturday in September and the entrance
fee is free. This festival started as an
celebration of picking the last hop-bine
(hop-bind). Over the years was this festival
changing.

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Now the centre of celebrations is on the Square
of liberty. On this square is the smallest
hop-field in the world.
The integral part of festival are beer
competitions as a dancing with pitcher of beer on
your back Tradicionally you can see 15 or 20
breweries from the Czech Republic and foreing
countries. And you can taste just about 30 kinds
of beer.

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Very interesting attendant actions are the
tradicional exhibition of small animals, exhange
of beer dockets, volleyball tournament and annual
creating of record in doing the longest snake of
beer crucibles.

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