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Czech Holy Week: Great Friday

updated on April 14, 2022April 15, 2022

Holy Friday or in Czech Velký pátek (Great Friday) is the peak of the Lent period. In the Czech Republic it’s a day of Christian as well as folkloric traditions.

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Czech Holy Week: Green Thursday

updated on April 15, 2022April 14, 2022

The Holy Thursday is actually called Green Thursday or Zelený čtvrtek. And the traditions on this day are connected to food!

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Czech Holy Week: Ugly Wednesday

updated on April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

The Wednesday of the Holy Week before Easter is called škaredá or sazometná. The first one means “ugly” while the second word would be translated as “on which the soot is swept out.

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Czech Holy Week: Grey Tuesday

on April 12, 2022April 12, 2022

There’s not much known about the traditions of the Grey Tuesday. Compared to the later days of the Holy Week Tuesday – just like the Blue Monday – is an outsider.

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Czech Holy Week: Blue Monday

updated on April 12, 2022April 11, 2022

Holy Week is called pašijový týden or also svatý týden in Czech and it’s the last week of the 40 day fasting period. Each day of this week was given special names because of the very specific traditions. Let’s learn more about Blue Monday.

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Mazanec – Czech Easter Bread (recipe and more)

on April 9, 2022April 9, 2022

Easter is nearly here and the Easter Bread is an important part of the holiday in the Czech Republic.

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Masopust: Fat Thursday and Master Pronobus

updated on February 25, 2022February 24, 2022

Czech Masopust or Fašank starts with the so called Fat Thursday (Tučný čtvrtek) and its prominent character Master Pronobus (pán Pronobus).

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St. Agata’s Day and the Fire Protection Ritual

updated on February 4, 2022February 5, 2022

To our ancestors, St. Agata was the one that protected them from fire. Her day was February 5 and it was the day to perform the ritual to secure protection for the upcoming year.

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Vánoční kolekce – Edible Czech Christmas Tree Decoration

updated on December 19, 2021December 21, 2021

Almost every Czech Christmas tree is decorated with edibles, that is probably not so uncommon but have you heard of vánoční kolekce? It’s something you won’t find outside of the Czech Republic or Slovakia.

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Candle in a Nutshell – Czech Christmas Tradition

updated on December 17, 2021December 20, 2021

Czech families place a small candle in a walnut shell for each member and let the candles float on water on the Christmas Day and Eve.

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