The Kings of Majáles

This publication has been conceived as a catalogue for the exhibition The Kings of Majáles. Student Festivities in Czechoslovakia 1945-1990. Its main topic is the tradition of Majáles and its transformations, with a special focus on the period after the Second World War, when it took on distinctly political conotations. Student festivals refelcted the nature and changes of political regimes, the atmosphere in society and the degree of emancipation of the student movement, which played an imortant role in many historical breaking points.