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Traditional Czech Easter entails a wide range of customs and traditions that regularly follow in various forms on our villages and towns. Certainly many of you will immediately remember Easter lamb, leaps, bunnies or need for decorating eggs. For most of us, it is common traditions, but they don't know in the world, nor never heard of them.

Easter is probably a second unknown holiday with us. Right after Christmas. Most apparently impeded that it is a Christian holiday that is related to Jesus Christ. However, our simultaneous form of the holiday is a combination with an old pre-Christian tradition of welcoming spring. Together, it consists of a very interesting mix that can only envy us in the world. So let's look together for Easter in the Czech lands.

What we celebrate for Easter

As mentioned above, Easter is generally perceived, as the most important Christian holiday. They symbolize how Jesus could get up from the dead. Thanks to this legend, Easter celebrates several days in a piece. However, in our territory, we have a specific experience due to 40 years of the Russian occupation, where communism suppressed Christian tradition and tried to replace them with something else. Therefore, many habits were harvested which have nothing to do with Christianity. This typical holiday character has survived practically until today. Although in recent years, the original idea of ​​Easter is increasingly reminded of.

We celebrate mainly Genta Easter

It is clear that most of the traditions for Easter Our company takes over from pre-Christian traditions and considers, in particular, Sunday and Monday. But a few years ago, the official holiday that is on Friday returned. Normally, Easter is celebrated on Sunday when families come together, prepare the entertainment, baking the bave and decorate eggs. All the festivities then culminate on Monday, when many young men go through women in their city.

Voluntary violence on women

Why do Czech women actually leave the leader? Tradition says it's done to make a woman don't succeed. Anyway, in the vast majority of foreign countries, this custom does not understand and consider it even under violence on women. However, we know that it is voluntary compliance with traditions. If some woman leaves from the carolers, he is usually rewarded with an emerging in the form of eggs or root.

Telur Paskah

Decorating eggs, which is then called Easter eggs, ranks the most common and most popular traditions in our territory. Eggs traditionally decorate women and their task is to expose these creations accordingly in windows or on entrance doors. It also forms them as a reward for carolers who go out. Dress up eggs can be many ways. Whether those traditional or many more modern. Some creations can then be considered actually as artwork.

What color is actually a symbol of Easter

Did you think what color is the symbol of Easter? Many of you will certainly think of green because it is about the most popular color, which has aragged in particular traditions with green beer. However, the main color of Easter is red, which shows the return of spring and the strength of the new life that comes in spring. This color is inherently linked to Easter decorations and traditional holiday clothing.

A hearing banquet is the foundation

The annual Easter are associated with a rich reception and many specialties that are far from dietary. These basic dishes include plain fresh bread with butter and eggs. Furthermore, it is about Christmas and Mazec in which we can find madle and raisins. In many families, the lamb is also being prepared or Judáš from Khute dough.

How is it actually with a ratchet and play

If you are rural, you know the tradition of the so-called playout. Mostly younger men in certain time intervals go along the village and use the loud sounds using Hlawaek. This habit has a Christian foundation and is related to the Uhidas, which betrayed Jesus Christ.