Bibiana Poláková, 6. A
Wedding
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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
Birthday
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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
Baptism
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 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
Annual Village
/ Town Celebration
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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
Easter
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 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
Christmas
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 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
Fašiangy
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 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
All Saint´s Day
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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
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