Images from the Czechia (Czech Republic) including Plzen (Pilsen, European Capital of Culture 2015), traditional puppet-making in Prague, and Masopust (Shrovetide Carnival) in the village of Vortová, near Hlinsko. The traditional Shrovetide carnival processions in Vortová and surrounding villages in the Czech Republic are inscribed on the Unesco list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. © Rudolf Abraham