The attraction of the most famous Kežmarok festival EĽRO (European Folk Craft) in 2015
was the so-called Cage of Shame. In the Middle Ages, the cage or pillory was an discipline
tool for disobedient girls and women. Such a cage once really existed in Kežmarok. This is
evidenced by records in the town’s tax book from 1525. There was also a pillar of shame in
the town, made in the middle of the 16th century by the mason master Štefan. The pillar
existed in the town until 1801.