The 15th Genuine Wallachian Hog Killing-Feast took place on Friday, 16 November 2018 and attracted 422 attendees.

The 15th Genuine Wallachian Hog-Feast took place on Friday, 16 November 2018 and attracted 422 attendees.

This year’s theme was the celebration of the centennial of the founding of the Republic, an occasion that even attracted the president Tomáš G. Masaryk, who came to meet and greet the participants.

Then Marika Koňařová, a researcher with the RUDOLF JELÍNEK company, presented a sand animation. The hog was butchered in the courtyard with running commentary provided by Mr Karel Pilčík, the chair of the Czech Meat Processors Association.

Other activities included the traditional game Society Members Without Borders, which has participants compete for valuable prizes. The atmosphere of the event was enhanced by the dulcet tones of the band Event Jazz Trio, which was so well received that the audience called for and received an encore.  Members of the Jelínek Slivovitz Appreciation Society could get a photograph as a memento.

Tour de Vizovická 2017, a traditional part of the Hog-Feast, was attended by 126 tasters, who selected the Valjevka plum variety slivovitz as their favourite.