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Tolkien’s ‘Battle of Five Armies’ in Czechoslovakia
The epic clash that pits men, elves and dwarves against goblins and wargs in J R R Tolkien’s 1937 novel ‘The Hobbit’ has become a springtime tradition in Czechoslovakia as more than seven hundreds of Czech fans re-enact the ‘Battle of Five Armies’ on a lakeside in the north of the country.
Fans dressed as characters from ‘the Hobbit’ book fight a battle in the forest near the village of Doksy, some 80 km from Prague on June 6, 2015. The epic clash that pits men, elves and dwarves against goblins and wargs in J R R Tolkien’s 1937 novel ‘The Hobbit’ has become a springtime tradition as more then seven hundreds of Czech fans re-enact it on a lakeside in the north of the country. (AFP/Getty Images)
Fans dressed as characters from ‘the Hobbit’ book fight a battle in the forest near the village of Doksy, some 80 km from Prague on June 6, 2015. The epic clash that pits men, elves and dwarves against goblins and wargs in J R R Tolkien’s 1937 novel ‘The Hobbit’ has become a springtime tradition as more then seven hundreds of Czech fans re-enact it on a lakeside in the north of the country. (AFP/Getty Images)
Fans dressed as characters from ‘the Hobbit’ book fight a battle in the forest near the village of Doksy, some 80 km from Prague on June 6, 2015. The epic clash that pits men, elves and dwarves against goblins and wargs in J R R Tolkien’s 1937 novel ‘The Hobbit’ has become a springtime tradition as more then seven hundreds of Czech fans re-enact it on a lakeside in the north of the country. (AFP/Getty Images)
Fans dressed as characters from ‘the Hobbit’ book fight a battle in the forest near the village of Doksy, some 80 km from Prague on June 6, 2015. The epic clash that pits men, elves and dwarves against goblins and wargs in J R R Tolkien’s 1937 novel ‘The Hobbit’ has become a springtime tradition as more then seven hundreds of Czech fans re-enact it on a lakeside in the north of the country. (AFP/Getty Images)
Fans dressed as characters from ‘the Hobbit’ book wait for the battle in the forest near the village of Doksy, some 80 km from Prague on June 6, 2015. The epic clash that pits men, elves and dwarves against goblins and wargs in J R R Tolkien’s 1937 novel ‘The Hobbit’ has become a springtime tradition as more then seven hundreds of Czech fans re-enact it on a lakeside in the north of the country. (AFP/Getty Images)
Fan dressed as orc rests in the forest near the village of Doksy, some 80 km from Prague on June 6, 2015. The epic clash that pits men, elves and dwarves against goblins and wargs in J R R Tolkien’s 1937 novel ‘The Hobbit’ has become a springtime tradition as more then seven hundreds of Czech fans re-enact it on a lakeside in the north of the country. (AFP/Getty Images)
A fan dressed as a character from ‘the Hobbit’ book wait for the battle in the forest near the village of Doksy, some 80 km from Prague on June 6, 2015. The epic clash that pits men, elves and dwarves against goblins and wargs in J R R Tolkien’s 1937 novel ‘The Hobbit’ has become a springtime tradition as more then seven hundreds of Czech fans re-enact it on a lakeside in the north of the country. (AFP/Getty Images)
Fans dressed as characters from ‘the Hobbit’ book wait for the battle in the forest near the village of Doksy, some 80 km from Prague on June 6, 2015. The epic clash that pits men, elves and dwarves against goblins and wargs in J R R Tolkien’s 1937 novel ‘The Hobbit’ has become a springtime tradition as more then seven hundreds of Czech fans re-enact it on a lakeside in the north of the country. (AFP/Getty Images)
