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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

Wedding

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

Birthday

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

Baptism

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

Annual Village/ Town Celebration

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

Easter

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

Christmas

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

Fašiangy

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

All Saint´s Day

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