Czech traditions
Hana Žižkova
zizkova@ped.muni.cz
What we drink
1. Beer
1st place in consumption per capita around the world, 148 L
2. Wine
2015: 30 Moravian wines among 1000 Vins du Monde (Italy 17, Spain 43, Portugal 29)
3. Burčák
partially fermented grape must
4. Kofola
local, looks like Coca-cola, but only looks :-)
What we eat
What we eat
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What we do
1. We take our shoes off when entering a house or apartment
What we do
2. We love picking mushrooms and being in nature
What we do
3. We love canoing and hiking
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What we do
4. We love going to chata or chalupa for weekend
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5. We are ice hockey fans
What we do
6. We are atheist
What we do
7. We love pets
All Saint's Day (2.11.)
Going to cemetery
Svatý Martin (11.11.)
• St. Martin's day
17. 11
• International student's day
• Struggle from freedom and democracy
• Brno FF MU: Chinese lantern procession
Mikuláš (5.12.)
Christmas
Christmas in city
• Every town has its own Christmas tree
• Christmas markets
Štěpán (26.12)
• St Stephen's day
• Christmas markets
New Year's Eve: Silvestr
Velikonoce
• Easter
• The hand-painted or otherwise decorated eggs
• Pomlázka (from pomladit "make younger"): braided whip made from willow twigs
Pálení čarodějnic (30. 4.)
První máj (1. 5.)
Majáles (1. 5.)
Hody
Feast in Moravia,
Every village has its own feast
Maypole, Friday to Sunday
UNESCO
1. The Ride of kings in Vlcnov, south Moravia
UNESCO
2. Falconry
• traditional activity of hunting using trained birds of prey
• nomination of falconry was a record in terms of the number of countries that proposed it for the list: Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, South Korea, Mongolia, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Syria and Spain.
UNESCO
3. Lent (40 days before Easter)
• Shrovetide processions and masks since the 19th century
• most commonly men are disguised, in some villages also women and children
• procession goes from door-to-door in the village
UNESCO
4. Verbuňk
• male saltation dance with no exact choreography rules
Czech traditions
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