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Czech clothing

Czech traditional dress is very colorful, every village has its own pattern
the dresses are mostly white red and blue

The Ride of the Kings is a festival that is celebrated in Spring in Moravia
In 2011, it was added to the UNESCO List of intangible cultural heritage. The ceremony begins with a religious service and the approval of the Mayor, followed by the preparation of the costumes and decorations for the horses and riders.

The Czechs don't wear a lot of formal clothing.
Usually, we wear outdoor clothing, even to work or school.

Czechs also wear a lot of weird clothing
like socks in sandals... pretty weird I must say :)
We also wear kidney bags.

Czech Republic

Czech popular free time activites:

- camping
- picking mushrooms
- children summer camps
- vacation in Croatia (Czech people call Croatia second Czech Republic)
- traditional food on a trip is schnitzel in bread

Czechs are a beer nation

Czech Republic

FOOD AND DINING

- In the Czech Republic there are schools with school canteens where the kids and teachers eat lunches.

- We eat food that has many calories and it's not really healthy.

- Traditional food is for example: ,,Svíčková" (vegetable sauce with cream, sirloin and "knedlík" - dumpling)

,,Vepřo knedlo zelo" (pork meat with potato knedlík and cabbage)

- On family celebrations we eat lots of food, for example ,,Chlebíčky" or ,,Jednohubky"

Czech Christmas
-Czechs don't have Santa Claus, but we have "Ježíšek" (which means Baby Jesus in Czech).
-We celebrate Christmas on 24th in the evening, usually we have a family dinner and after it we give each other Christmas gifts.
-The typical meal for Christmas dinner is carp with potato salad, but more and more often (especially kids) have a schnitzel.
Christmas traditions:
-One of them is molybdomancy (which is pouring hot lead into water), from the shape that's created, we predict our future.
-Next tradition is carving apples in half, if seeds make a shape of star, it means that you'll have a good luck for one year.
-The next is launching little boats in a pot of water, they are made of walnut shells and little candles, and they predict who's going to stay at home with family and who will separate from the family.

Czech Republic

Easter in Czech republic:
For Easter, girls paint Easter eggs on Easter Sunday and boys come to gently whip them with a willow whip on Monday, so stay healthy and beautiful for the whole year.

this is our folk costume and the boys usually have what we call soturek which is the thing they carry in their bottle of wine

this is what the willow whip looks like

These are Easter eggs that girl make to give boys after they whip them or they give them some sweets too

Greece

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE GREEK CULTURE

·        Respect
·        Thoughtfulness
·        To be helpful
·        Democracy
·        Hospitality
·        Loyalty
·        Athleticism
·        Teamwork
·        Intuition
·        Ingenuity
·        Justice
·        Equality
·        Intelligence
·        Pride
·        Philotimo (respect for honor)
·        Love
·        Religion

VALUES

THE POWER OF STORYTELLING

Many stories about the Greek Gods, as well as epic stories such as Homer's The Odyssey, depicted characters exhibiting those values that were so important to the Greeks.

Greece

Greek people are very polite and welcoming, towards each other and tourists.

Since the ancient times the Greeks have had the belief that they should be hospitable to everyone, regardless of their ethnicity or background.

There are certain behaviours that people have to do to be polite. For example, when someone is having someone over in their house, the right thing is to offer them a snack or a drink. But, the visitor many times also brings sweets for the host.

Before eating, everyone should hit everyone else's glass and say "is igian" which means "for health" and then drink.

"Εις υγείαν!"

Xenios Zeus
Zeus was not only the father of gods but also the god of hospitality.