The XVIIth All-Sokol Slet (Gathering) is unique sports and cultural event unparalleled anywhere in the world. The Slet week in Prague will take place from 30 June to 5 July 2024. For the third time in a row, the large group performances will take place at Eden stadium of Slavia Prague Football Club (Fortuna Arena).
Sokol Slets have always been not just sporting events but also social festivities, preceded by years of preparation. The dedication of the Sokol sisters and brothers is enormous, involving hundreds of hours of rehearsals in course of over a year, not counting the time that the authors spend inventing the performance,” says Hana Moučková, mayor of the Czech Sokol Community (ČOS).
The participants perceive Sokol Slets as their lifetime experience – with 2000 people exercising in the field as one man running chills down their spines.Sokol has always cared about what’s happening in society. Since the current society is divided in a way, the Slet aims at pulling down the barriers. That is why its motto is “Slet brings people together!”. And this interlinking does not apply only to the society, but also to sports, to communities, to history and the present, to art and sport and, last but not least, across generations.
The Slet week will be Attended by some 20 000 gymnasts, not only from the Czech Republic, but also from abroad, for example from the USA, Brazil, Germany and Austria. The Slet counts on the engagement of all 14 Czech regions, where over three dozen district and regional gatherings will take place. Sokol members have prepared 12 Slet performances for all age categories.
We look forward to seeing many of you at the XVIIth All-Sokol Slet.
