 The traditional domestic pig slaughter was a favourite theme of the renowned Czech painter Josef Lada.In the play "Prase" (The Pig, 1987), Václav Havel tries to buy a pig for a "zabijačka" by local villagers, with difficulty because as a dissident he is considered politically suspect.In 1968, Jiří Šebánek, a founder of the "Jára Cimrman Theatre", wrote the play "The Pig Slaughter at Home.