{"id":3853,"date":"2016-02-14T17:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/?p=3853"},"modified":"2016-02-14T17:01:50","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T15:01:50","slug":"zizkov-masopust-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2016\/02\/14\/zizkov-masopust-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Zizkov Masopust Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have written before about masopust and pig slaughter traditions in the Czech Republic: <a href=\"http:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2012\/02\/19\/pig-and-masopust-in-prague\/\">Old post link<\/a> \u00a0However, I just found a new twist, pun intended: \u00a0locally made blood sausage,using locally grown intestines as casings, given away from parade carts. \u00a0This video does not show that part but hopefully you will enjoy it anyway.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WyfPVNEWLT0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have written before about masopust and pig slaughter traditions in the Czech Republic: Old post link \u00a0However, I just found a new twist, pun intended: \u00a0locally made blood sausage,using locally grown intestines as casings, given away from parade carts. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2016\/02\/14\/zizkov-masopust-parade\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[9,311],"tags":[125,127,339],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2MK34-109","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":484,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2012\/02\/19\/pig-and-masopust-in-prague\/","url_meta":{"origin":3853,"position":0},"title":"Pig and Masopust in Prague","author":"Michael","date":"February 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Masopust like Carnival means good-bye meat. \u00a0Perhaps more it means another excuse to party in the winter time. \u00a0I know Prague makes the most of it with a whole series of local festivals only loosely connected to the upcoming Lent. \u00a0In our research, however, we learned that the charm of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/FestivalCrowd-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3741,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2015\/09\/24\/tram-parade\/","url_meta":{"origin":3853,"position":1},"title":"Historical Tram Parade","author":"Michael","date":"September 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Prague contains countless museums. \u00a0We have enjoyed most of the major ones and many of the lesser known such as the Postal Museum. \u00a0Our favourite is the Czech Museum of Music. \u00a0This year Prague Transport has been celebrating their 140th year of operation. \u00a0We did not attend any of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":524,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2012\/07\/21\/internations-prague\/","url_meta":{"origin":3853,"position":2},"title":"InterNations Prague","author":"Michael","date":"July 21, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"There are many internet sites for expatriate information. 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