Public holidays in Czech Lucie Ihnatoliová, Petr Janíček
The Czech republic has eleven public holidays The Czech republic has eleven public holidays. They are mostly international, but five of them ar national, such as independence day, or others.
January 1st This is the first day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. It is the most worldwide celebrated day. All over the world fireworks are fired off at midnight of the old year.
January 1st In the Czech republic this day also means the Restoration Day of the Independent Czech State It happened in 1993 Czechoslovakia divided into two separate countries, Czech Republic and Slovakia
Easter Monday Easter is a Christian feast It is celebrated for two days (Sunday and Monday) in the Czech republic Easter symbols are sheep, cross, painted eggs Old tradition is that boys bang girls with woven willow sticks (pomlázka)
May 1st, Labour Day Labour Day is an international day of workers and they celebrate that they are not working
May 8th, Liberation Day The day when Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich The end of World War II in Europe
July 5th, Saints Cyril and Methodius Day Saints Cyril and Methodius were Christian missionaries among the Slavic peoples who came to Great Moravia They influenced cultural development and coming of Christianity and education in the Czech Lands
July 6th, Jan Hus Day Hus is considered the first Church reformer Hus was a key predecessor to the Protestant movement of the sixteenth century July 6, 1415 is the day when he was burned at the stake for heresy against the doctrines of the Catholic Church
September 28th, St. Wenceslas Day In 935, St. Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia, now patron of the Czech State, was murdered by his brother St. Wenceslas Day is also Czech Statehood Day
October 28th, Independent Czechoslovak State Day The creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918 was the culmination of the long struggle of the Czechs against their Austrian rulers During World War I, the Czechs and Slovaks showed little enthusiasm for fighting against their respective enemies
November 17th, Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day In 1939 all universities were closed by Hitler and the students demonstrated against Nazi occupation In 1989 there was a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia called Velvet Revolution. This day a police staged a crackdown at a student demonstration in Prague that caused the Velvet Revolution
December 24th, Christmas Eve Christmas is celebrated during the evening of the 24th It is celebrated in the whole western world It reminds the birth of Jesus of Nazareth that takes place on December 25th Symbols of Christmas is a Christmas tree and lights on houses