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2.   In slovakia brides often choose white wedding dress  Usually there are 80 - 150 wedding guests  People prefer wedding in a church  The couple exchange their wedding rings  We decorate a wedding car too Wedding

3.   We celebrate our birthday  We usually have a party at home  We have a birthday cake with candles and our friends are singing ´´Happy B-day´´  We get some presents  We decorate our house with baloons Birthday

4.   People become Christians and members of the Church  The priest is pouring holy water on the head of a baby  The whole family is in a church with a godmother or a godfather  The godparents buy a candle and a small white shirt for the baby Baptism

5.   In Slovakia there is an annual celebration in every village or town  We eat duck, cabbage and special crustless bread named ´´knedľa´´  We eat cakes  We go on carrousels  In the evening we go to the village party Annual Village / Town Celebration

6.   Christians or non - Christians celebrate this holiday  We decorate Easter eggs  In the morning on Easter Monday, men whip women with so called ´´ korbáč´´ which is made of willow tree birches  Men can pour a bucket of cold water on any woman Easter

7.   Christmas dinner in Slovakia is celebrated on 24 December  The traditional dinner includes oblátky (thin waffles with honey or garlic), cabbage soup ( kapustnica) with dried mushrooms and sausage (sometimes with dry plums), carp or other fish with potato salad, apples and Christmas biscuits  After the dinner we open presents under the Christmas tree Christmas

8.   In Slovakia, people don’t celebrate Thanksgiving  We have our own special festival ‘Fasiangy’- a big carnival between January and April  People celebrate the coming of spring, eat good food and have fun with their friends  This holiday is followed by 40 days of fasting  On celebrations like these, Slovaks still sometimes wear their folk costumes Fašiangy

9.   During All Saint’s Day, Slovaks return home  Entire families go to the cemeteries, graves are covered with flowers and candles.  It’s a day to remember deceased family members All Saint´s Day

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