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Haven't seen these before - Stumbled upon this weird yearly Czech or Slovak festival - Tichavský tuleň.

Lousy google translations haven't help out much - but it seems to be some sort of local custom of a town (which the town isn't too keen on sanctioning) on the Czech and Slovak border. It is also somehow a Christian based ceremony (which apparently the church isn't really too interested in recognizing).

In any case groups of locals strip off, stumble down a steep embankment and slosh around in a rather fast moving river. Oh yes - all in the middle of winter.

There appears to be a theme to the event and here is the complete crap google translation of this years theme:

Nudity is opposed shaving
"Quiet - hairy corners, endangered cultural heritage of ancestors. That was the motto of the eleventh annual event recesistické Tichavský seal, which took place shortly after noon yesterday in the Pacific. Despite the logs on the river below the weir Tichávce be passed more than ten Naked enthusiasts."

"This year organizers have focused on the non-profit movement natural relations hanky-panky against the removal of hair from the human body. 'We would like attack the barrier dictate today regarding the hair, which now has almost none,' said one of the organizers, and pointed out: ' I recently visited a sauna and there were about four couples. The women were all clean-shaven, even the guys now not only the club face.' "

So enough talk - here are some of the pics - those featuring women anyway. There is an awful lot of sausage flapping about so be warned if you get freaked out by a willy or two.

I am also adding a link where you can find the balance of the pictures. (For completionists only - just naked hairy dudes in those.).

Part 1.

Enjoy! and Good Health!