Easter in Slovakia, Slovak tradition. Easter in another way as western part of Europe...

1. Easter in Slovakia
Easter is the greatest religion fest in Slovakia.
This fest starts on Thursday and finishes on Monday
It seems horrible but we very like this tradition...

2. Zelený štvrtok – Green Thursday
● We carry about our healty – this day we usually eat
spinach, kabbage and all green vegetable because of
our healty. We don´t eat meat!!!
● This days you can hear churche´s bells beat last time.
● People should get up early morning and walk without
their shoes cross the green grass to be healty all
year.
● At this day you should not borrow anything nor bikker
with anyone – you will have always full of money in
your walet

3. The Green Thursday menu

4. Veľký Piatok – Good Friday
● This day is sad day for us, because it is symbol when
Jesus Christ died. This day is usually calm and sad.
● This day everybody should hold lent and eat nothing
all day. (it has the medicine meaning too..) We
shouldn´t watch Tvs, nor listen to the radios...
● On Good Friday people should wash to the creek to
avoid diseases. Sometimes boys dive to the botton to
take a stone with his mouth and then the stone throw
awai with his left hand not to pain their teeth...
● This day women spin threads and sew shirts for their
men to protect them before storm and protect them

5. Good Friday

6. Biela sobota – White Saturday
● The name White Saturday is because Jezus Christ
was death in his white robe.
● People clean their houses and decorate them. We
bake sweet cake – Easter lamb, knit whips and
decorate Easter eggs
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7. Biela sobota – White Saturday
● The name White Saturday is because Jezus Christ
was death in his white robe.
● People clean their houses and decorate them. We
bake sweet cake – Easter lamb, knit whips and
decorate Easter eggs
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8. Veľkonočná nedeľa - Easter Sunday
● It is the biggest religion celebration during the year.
We celebrate Christ´s resurrection. The churches
decided that the easter will be always first Sunday
after spring full moon. Because of that is Easter every
year in other date. This day people hurry up to the
church with their easter lambs, eggs, wine... to
sanctife them
● Each visit get a piece of sait food. And some food is
given to fields or garden, and to watter. All together
eat boiled easter egg with little willow wand to not
forget whom he/she ate the easter egg and not to
stray and return next year again...

10. Veľkonočný pondelok – Easter Monday
On Easter Monday is free day. It is not allow to work, clean, to not wash
yourself!!!
● Boys and men go with string to girls and women and they whip them
because of the Jesus Christ resurrection. It is symbol of wake up and
celebrate our salvation. The strings are made by fresh willow wicker.
● After whipping boys take the girl to the creek and they splash her with
cold water. Sometimes when boys have bad luck they are splashed first...
but it is depended from girls skills and strategy...
● After this act boy squirt the girls with a good smelled parfum and girls give
to the boys reward – the easter egg, or cake... what who likes...
● This tradition is devided according to region of Slovakia. In eastern part is
splashing and in western part is whipping. Somewhere are both...

11. Easter Monday in Slovakia

12. ● After splashing girls give to the boys the ribon on the
whip.
● According to numbers of ribbon everybody knows
how many girls were splashed and whiped. How
many girls were whiped with this whip???

13. Thank you for your attention
Tolarovičová