THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS IN SLOVAKIA

Christmas

People in Slovakia prepare themselves for the Christmas 4 weeks before it. These special 4 weeks are called advent and every Sunday we light a candle. Kids love this time too, because they have got a unique calendar, where they have a surprise for every day until it‘s Christmas.

When all candles burn on the table, it means that the Christmas Eve is almost here. We celebrate Christmas Eve exactly on 24th December. On that day we keep a serious fast.

At the christmas table almost everybody have wafers with honey and garlic as a appetizer, then we have our traditional soup – Sauerkraut soup.

After the dinner people go to the christmas tree and there they find gifts from each other, but children believe that these gifts were given by Jesus.

The next day (25th December) people celebrate the birth of Jesus, they sing Christmas carols (Silent night), they go to church or they visit their families.

Carnival Is the period from the 6th January to Ash Wednesday

Is the happiest time of the year full of parties, balls and the last moments for singing and dancing before 40-day Lent.

Traditional food- doughnuts

This Carnival ends with folk game- burying the contrabass.

1 st May

It is day, when Slovak people build a ‘máj’ The ‘máj’ is a tree decorated with ribbons 1 st may - International Workers' Day

Young men build it for a girl, who they like The following Sunday boys come to the houses, where it is built to ask people, who live there for money which will be used for the upcoming party called „majáles“. These traditions aren't very usual these days- they were kept in the past…

Nowadays people build just one big ‘máj’ in the middle of the village or the town. It is followed by a big celebration.

Easter The most important event for cristians

Green Thursday Big Friday

White Saturday

Easter Sunday Easter Monday

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