Traditions and everyday life in Czech RepublicFestivals, family customs, favourite places and everyday traditions, written by members of Global Penfriends who live in Czech Republic. Each cultural keepsake is a short note about life where they are.
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The Sedlec Ossuary: Czechia’s Church of BonesDeep beneath a small chapel in Kutná Hora, Czechia, lies one of the most unusual and haunting places in the country: the Sedlec Ossuary (Sedlecká kostnice). Unlike an ordinary church…
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During the evening of the 5th December, children are very excited and watch for St. Nicholas (Svatý Mikuláš) to arrive. He normally is accompanied by one or more angels and one or more devils. He asks the children if they've been…
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Hidden deep in the Czech countryside stands Houska Castle, one of the most mysterious and supposedly haunted places in the Czech Republic.The castle was built in the late 13th century, probably during the reign of King Ottokar II…
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The Erzgebirge Navigation Canal Fláje is the oldest technical monument of its kind in Bohemia. It was built between 1624 and 1629 by the Saxon Elector Johann Georg I. The canal was used for more than 240 years to float timber…
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"Czechs gather to build a bonfire and prepare an effigy of the witch that kept winter around so long. Czechs used to believe that the power of witches would weaken as the weather got warmer. So they thought that if they made…
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This tradition is very common and i love it o(〃＾▽＾〃)o Soo... The thing is that when you are finishing Střední škola (High school) or uni, then you need to do final exams for it. The school is giving you a studying break before…
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On November 17th the Day of fight for freedom and democracy is celebrated in the Czech republic. On this date in 1989 a protest against the communist government happened. Many students were beaten up by the police but it was a…
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In Czechia we say goodbye to winter and hello to spring by making a Morana doll. Morana, the goddess of death and winter, is usually wearing white clothes and empty eggshells or empty snail shells around her neck and she can be…
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In eastern Germany there is a region called Lusatia and has been the historical home of the Sorbs, who are an indigenous West Slavic ethnic group that has it's own languages, culture, traditions and mythology. I am not Sorbian…
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Hraběšín is a castle in the village of the same name southwest of Čáslav in the district of Kutná Hora in the Central Bohemian Region. It was founded in the Renaissance style in the first half of the seventeenth century as a…
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The limestone quarry, nicknamed the Czech Grand Canyon, is about 750 m long, 150 m wide and up to 80 m deep. At its bottom there are two interconnected lakes with clear water and a depth of about 10 m. The designation America is…
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"Houbaření" in English mushrooming is a popular activity among Czech people. People go into the forest and pick up wild mushrooms. Even small kids are taught how to recognize edible and poisonous mushrooms. Some mushrooms have…
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Easter "Velikonoce" in the Czech Republic is mainly a celebration of spring and has many traditional customs. The most notable one is "pomlázka", where boys go around on Easter Monday with a braided willow whip and playfully whip…
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In Czech, every spring and autumn young people in villages dress in special tradition dress and we're spending the whole weekend with dancing. There is always live music band playing traditional old songs. Boys are wearing hats…
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This is the castle in Jindřichův Hradec, 20 km from where I live. I occasionally visit to reflect on the history of our region (the south of the Czech Republic). Jindřichův Hradec is our district town, so those of us from the…
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People in Bohemia perceive the Vltava River as an essential national symbol. It forms the imaginary axis of the country, is the subject of legends, the scene of historical events, and connects historical settlements, castles and…
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Myslivost (hunting) in the Czech Republic is a unique cultural heritage that cannot be found anywhere else in the world in the same form. It is not just about hunting itself, but about protecting wildlife and caring for their…
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We start christmas 24th of December In the morning we decorate the christmas tree! And basicly the whole house from now we wait till the evening to about 6pm after all the visitors arrive we have dinner For dinner we have fish or…
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On Easter Monday men and boys will go door to door with their handmade willow whips called Pomlázka and gently whip women and girls for fertility. Women and girls paint eggs and give them to the men and boys after the whipping…
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In my town of Osek in the tourist information center, we celebrate all our traditions every year. Like Easter and Christmas. There are crafts, an art corner, and a kitchen where are baked pastries, characteristic for the holiday…
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On the 30th of April, people of all villages gather around a large bonfire to burn “witches” (made of straws and cloths). Our ancestors believed that this pagan tradition protected the village from bad spirits. Now, its seen as a…
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With my family (especially brothers) we are taking a challenge: To get to the top of a mountain just before the sunrise and then watch the amazing wiev. Sněžka, the highest mountain of the Czech Republic, was our first. The…
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Noon Witch is a mythical women. he may appear as an old hag, a beautiful woman, or a 12-year-old girl, and she was useful in scaring children away from valuable crops. She is only seen on the hottest part of the day and is a…
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This is the Stone Bridge in Písek, a small town in the Czech Republic, my hometown.It is the oldest stone bridge of its kind in the country, built in the 13th century.People still cross it every day - not as a monument, but as a…
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Carnival is a three-day folk holiday, which in essence has nothing to do with the liturgy, but is nevertheless subject to the course of the church calendar. It was celebrated in the days before Ash Wednesday, which begins a…
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Czech people really love to pick mushrooms in autumn. I remember going for the first time with my grandma when i was five. We searched the whole forest but could not find any mushroom at all. People really go crazy about this…
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"Čundr" is an activity where a group of friends sets off across the country with backpacks, usually sleeping outdoors in the forest. They visit pubs, drink beer, camp, sing and play the guitar, have a great time, and walk across…
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The city of Brno is the second largest city in the Czech Republic. And the largest city of Moravia. It is beautiful and has myny historical monuments. The town of Jeseník is also beautiful foothill town from North Moravia. The…
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Czech Republic is the land of many contrasts. You can explore historical cities, visit ancient castles, get lost in beautiful countryside - walk in valleys, hike in mountains, row many rivers, swim in lakes, cycle in wineyards…
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Every year, a month before Christmas we start to bake Christmas cookies. Its mostly family tradition and every family has their own recepies for many types of those cookies. The most common are perníčky (gingerbread), then we…
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