- Ritual
- Jízda králů／Ride of the Kings（王の騎行）
- Region and community
- チェコ共和国南東部モラヴィア／Vlčnov、Hluk、Kunovice、Skoroniceの若い未婚男性と少年
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation / New social responsibilities / Marriage-linked transition
- Legal age of majority
- Czechia18 yearsCzechia · Calendar unspecified · Early emancipation or acquisition of legal capacity is allowed in specified circumstances. · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
Jízda králů, the Ride of the Kings, is a spring procession in south-eastern Moravia in which young unmarried men and boys take defined ceremonial roles. A mounted retinue guards a boy king, chants verses, receives donations and returns for an evening celebration. The responsibilities and skills are passed between generations.
UNESCO recognizes the procession as a symbolic rite of passage for unmarried young men. It gives them public responsibilities in their community.
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