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Photos: Houby Days in Cedar Rapids’ Czech Village
Houby Days is a Czech celebration that honors the Czech and Slovak tradition of hunting and gathering mushrooms in the spring. In Cedar Rapids, Czech Village was the center of the 46th annual Houby Days this weekend.
The St. Paul Czech and Slovak dancers wave to the community during the Houby Days parade on Saturday in Czech Village in Cedar Rapids. Eastern Iowans, as well as those with Czech and Slovak heritage across the Midwest, came out for the Hobby Days festival and parade. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
Cecilia Rokusek, President and CEO of the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library, wears traditional garb during the Houby Days parade on Saturday in Czech Village in Cedar Rapids. Eastern Iowans, as well as those with Czech and Slovak heritage across the Midwest, came out for the Houby Days festival and parade. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
Members of the Marion American Legion carry the U.S., Czech, and Slovak flags during the Houby Days parade on Saturday at Czech Village in Cedar Rapids. Eastern Iowans, as well as those with Czech and Slovak heritage across the Midwest, came out for the Houby Days festival and parade. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
Hawkeyes women’s basketball forward and native Cedar Rapidian Hannah Stuelke served as the Grand Marshal of the Hobby Days Parade on Saturday in Czech Village in Cedar Rapids. Eastern Iowans, as well as those with Czech and Slovak heritage across the Midwest, came out for the Houby Days festival and parade. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
Miss Nebraska Czech-Slovak Queen Camille Kotouc waves to parade goers during the Houby Days parade on Saturday at Czech Village in Cedar Rapids. Eastern Iowans, as well as those with Czech and Slovak heritage across the Midwest, came out for the Houby Days festival and parade. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
Member of the Czech Heritage foundation roll through the gates of Czech Village from New Bohemia during the Houby Days parade on Saturday at Czech Village in Cedar Rapids. Eastern Iowans, as well as those with Czech and Slovak heritage across the Midwest, came out for the Houby Days festival and parade. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
Felix Conkin, 6, jokes with his grandmother, Sandy Brown, as he waits for the start of the parade during the Houby Days festival on Saturday at Czech Village in Cedar Rapids. Eastern Iowans, as well as those with Czech and Slovak heritage across the Midwest, came out for the Houby Days festival and parade. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
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