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Ilegální závody vlaštovek
Illegal swallow races
Event by: Šovinistická společnost UK
Location: Faculty of Arts, náměstí Jana Palacha 1/2, Praha 1
About event
The chauvinist society of Charles University invites you to the traditional illegal swallow races.
This year it will take place at Palach on the 1st floor in the corridor of the study department on Monday, May 18 from 3:30 p.m. The categories I have a long to... throw (longest distance), Manliest swallow (chauvinistically most decorated swallow) and Most elegant swallow (acrobatic performance of a swallow or swallow throw) are announced.
The best contestants will probably receive prizes. More information on the flyer and in the following days.
Recommended reading:
Classic Czech puzzles and games. - 1st edition. - Prague : Fragment, 2015. - 63 pages: color illustrations; 30 cm ISBN 978-80-253-2610-7
JIMEL, Šimon. Great Czech paper puzzles; [photographer Kočí, Vojtěch] ; [illustration Jimel, Šimon]. - 1st ed. - Prague: Bambook, 2023. - 61 p.: ill. some colors.; 29 cm. - ISBN 978-80-271-5199-8
Swallows: Paper Jigsaw Puzzles: Assemble 63 Paper Airplane Models ; [translation by Kateřina Radilová] ; [illustration by Roberto Uriel ... et al.]. - 1st ed. - Říčany : Sun, 2013. - 93 p.: color. ill.; 28 cm. - Orig.: Aviones - manualidades de papiroflexia ISBN 978-80-7371-577-9
Paper swallows; [translated from the German edition by Vít Malinovský] ; [illustration by Olga Kovalenko]. - 1st Czech ed. - Prague: Svojtka, 2014. - 64 pp.: ill., photo; 26 cm. - (Experiments, discoveries, games). - Orig.: Papierflieger ISBN 978-80-256-1328-3
PRECHT, Thade. Paper swallows: 25 quickly assembled and ready-to-go models; [translation Jitka Koubková] ; - 1st ed. - Prague : Bambook, 2019. - 47 pp.: 110 unnumbered pages of pictorial appendices; 30 cm. ISBN 978-80-271-2056-7
OBRTEL, Vit. The Swallow That Has a Geometric Nest: Projects and Texts; - 1st ed in this arrangement. - Prague: Odeon, 1985. - 361 pp.: ill. some colorful; 16 cm.
SCHWALBE, Hirundo. Encyclopedia of Swallows: A Short Introduction to Swallows in Ten Books; [translated from the German edition by Jaroslav Pokojmuž] - 1st Czech ed. - Brno : Scriptorum, 1990. - 1648 pp.: ill., photo; 36 cm.
This year it will take place at Palach on the 1st floor in the corridor of the study department on Monday, May 18 from 3:30 p.m. The categories I have a long to... throw (longest distance), Manliest swallow (chauvinistically most decorated swallow) and Most elegant swallow (acrobatic performance of a swallow or swallow throw) are announced.
The best contestants will probably receive prizes. More information on the flyer and in the following days.
Recommended reading:
Classic Czech puzzles and games. - 1st edition. - Prague : Fragment, 2015. - 63 pages: color illustrations; 30 cm ISBN 978-80-253-2610-7
JIMEL, Šimon. Great Czech paper puzzles; [photographer Kočí, Vojtěch] ; [illustration Jimel, Šimon]. - 1st ed. - Prague: Bambook, 2023. - 61 p.: ill. some colors.; 29 cm. - ISBN 978-80-271-5199-8
Swallows: Paper Jigsaw Puzzles: Assemble 63 Paper Airplane Models ; [translation by Kateřina Radilová] ; [illustration by Roberto Uriel ... et al.]. - 1st ed. - Říčany : Sun, 2013. - 93 p.: color. ill.; 28 cm. - Orig.: Aviones - manualidades de papiroflexia ISBN 978-80-7371-577-9
Paper swallows; [translated from the German edition by Vít Malinovský] ; [illustration by Olga Kovalenko]. - 1st Czech ed. - Prague: Svojtka, 2014. - 64 pp.: ill., photo; 26 cm. - (Experiments, discoveries, games). - Orig.: Papierflieger ISBN 978-80-256-1328-3
PRECHT, Thade. Paper swallows: 25 quickly assembled and ready-to-go models; [translation Jitka Koubková] ; - 1st ed. - Prague : Bambook, 2019. - 47 pp.: 110 unnumbered pages of pictorial appendices; 30 cm. ISBN 978-80-271-2056-7
OBRTEL, Vit. The Swallow That Has a Geometric Nest: Projects and Texts; - 1st ed in this arrangement. - Prague: Odeon, 1985. - 361 pp.: ill. some colorful; 16 cm.
SCHWALBE, Hirundo. Encyclopedia of Swallows: A Short Introduction to Swallows in Ten Books; [translated from the German edition by Jaroslav Pokojmuž] - 1st Czech ed. - Brno : Scriptorum, 1990. - 1648 pp.: ill., photo; 36 cm.