Thousands Celebrate Prague Pride 2023: Our Report and Pics
By Nikoleta Stefanova, Adéla Černá, Nana Kokhodze and István Faragó 60,000 people cheered, waved flags and danced during Prague Pride Parade on Saturday. For the 13th time, a crowd of rainbows bursted in Wenceslas Square. The drummers at the front line set the rhythm of the marching joyful faces. Flags, balloons, wigs and skirts crossed the Vltava river, to reach Letna hill, where the celebration of queer community continued with a concert of American singer LP. “This is the celebration of who we are and showing everyone that it is okay, we are not special, we are equal,” Míša, 18, said. She came with her three friends from the south of the country, two hours away from Prague. Her parents believed that she had gone on a trip to visit a cat café in a different city as she hides her sexual identity from them. This year’s topic of the festival was “Tradition,” prompting the people to question what is traditional, which customs should be kept and how to create new ones. The community gathered to march in Prague for the first time in 2011. Since then, the number of attendants has risen from 8,000 to 60,000, according to the...
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