My Czech Culture and History Explained in Detail

Tere = Ahoj/Čau/Nazdar
+ Ahojky. Čauky. Ahojda. Čavec… etc.
Good morning/evening = Dobrý ráno/večer/den
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• „Jmenuji se Ivan (a) jsem Čech.“
My name is Ivan (and) I am Czech.
• „Hezký den. Jak se máte?“
Have a nice day. How are you doing?
• „Díky… Díky moc.“
Thanks… Many thanks.

Czech language has its own peculiarities:
a) 7 cases, b) less vocals, c) special sound „Ř, ř“

We use sound Ř for 500 years - we are proud of it,
only Aymara Indians in Latin America have it too.
Some examples to try:

„Strč prst skrz krk.“ (= strchprstskrzkrk)
„Tři sta třicet tři stříbrných stříkaček…“

So I think that I will not speak Czech:
Have a nice journey around Czech lands…
(What you see behind me is a part of the Bohemian Paradise.)

On the origins of the name „Čech“
– our favourite legend:

Great grandfather called „Čech“ (Chekh) came with his
small group of Slavs to the mountain Říp near Prague.
He decided to stay because „country was rich in honey and milk…“

• Let´s watch his story in funny cartoons:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9ZSlD5IK54

What does „Czech“/“Čech“ in name of
Czechia or the Czech Republic mean?

• Word „Čech“ (Czech) comes from:
• Člověk ( = it´s close to „č(ch)elovek“ in Russian)
+ ch (kh) - it is used to say „our“ or „close“ man

It means that Čech means „our man“ or „friend“.

So „Czechia“ is a „country of friends“ and
„Czech Republic“ is the „Republic of our friends“

My country has this 3 colour flag…
white (upper) and red (lower) stripes and blue triangle
our anthem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTlvogPLLwc

My homeland – Czech country – is called:

Česko = Czechia
České země = Czech lands
and
Čechy a Morava = Bohemia and Moravia
(Bohemia – celtic tribe Boii, Moravia– celtic tribe Markomanii)

Česká republika = the Czech Republic

Má vlast/My country – Bedřich Smetana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpY25jxCZL0
Full version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax5RM6ystaE

I am Czech from the Eastern Bohemia
from Hradec Králové – Qeen´s Castle…
Czech Republic Hradec Králové - Region

My country is quite old …
- the fourth oldest crown jewels in Europe.

The nation´s history is a thing which all
the Czechs often like to speak about …
Czech history Silver coin that was called
in 10 minutes „The Czech Grosh“ – a hard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWn2eLcdj0Y
currency in medieval Europe:

This is our best king: Charles IV (1316-78)
The king and emperor Karel IV. made Prague a seat and capital
of a big multinational state - so called „Holy Roman Empire“ -
and Czech language was one of its 4 main languages in Europe
(together with German, Italian and Latin).

We have many old castles… This one is
called after Karel IV – Karlštejn/Karel´s stone
The castle was built to keep Czech and imperial jewels there.

We are proud of 1st Czech president
T.G.Masaryk, university professor
A wise man who established our republic in Oct.1918
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GHu4NStNH4

Jan Hus - 14th century priest, religious
thinker, philosopher, university professor…
Jan Hus simplified grammar of the Czech language
by creating signs ´ ˇ - eg. š-č-ř-ž-ý-í-á-é – Čech, Říp
So we have saved our hands as well as a lot of paper and ink because of him.

Jan Hus started reform in 14th century
He was executed in Germany - burnt on stake…

We like to remember „Husites“…
who followed his teaching and were strong to
defeat crusaders´armies from the whole Europe
– they invented short guns-pistols in 15th cent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lWl0hUjLLU

Jan Amos Komenský - thinker and teacher
in early 17th century – J.A.K. spent his life in exile
He wanted to make schools friendly. He wrote nice textbooks and made
material for teachers . Pupils in Europe have better classes thanks to him.
Comenius

We are also proud of our first poets…
such as romantic and young Karel Hynek Mácha

And for our best writers - novelists…
such as 19t century writer Jan Neruda

We are very proud of our theatres and
drama… We built National Theatre in 1880´s

We like to listen to our music and like our
composers such as Bedřich Smetana
String Quartet No. 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUJf25j9DlY

Or music by Antonín Dvořák… who wrote
„New World Symphony“ and „Humoresque“:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBDmAxSFt6A

20th century Czech painting is good
Václav Špála Emil Filla

Czech painter František Kupka
Shape of Blue

Our painters often like blue colour
We do not have a sea, but we have lakes and mountains.

Such as Karel H. Mácha´s Lake…

We have many small towns…
such as Jičín which I like a lot

And even bigger ones…
Brno – the capital city of Moravia

And our country´s capital …
B. Smetana Luisina polka -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tY5GI4Nhcw

And we have around 600 castles…

And some more nice lakes and rocks…

And it´s the highest mountain - Sněžka

Our highest mountains are called
Krkonoše (the Giant Mountains)

As well as these nice lakes in woods…

And it´s my town Hradec during the day…
(Confluence of 2 rivers - Labe and Orlice)

It´s my town during the night

And it is Hradec Králové (Qeen´s Castle)
from above…

The centre of Hradec Králové
City parks Old houses

The old squares of Hradec…
Holy Spirit Cathedral Great Square

Its old streets and towers…
The White Tower Behind the Cathedral

And Hradec in the night again…
(Each New Year Eve we have a firework with music.)

And this is our capital city Praha…
Charles Bridge and the „Hradčany“ Castle

Our capital is on the river Vltava
B. Smetana: Vltava - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoA1qZgb2qo

It is a view of Hrad in the night…
Prague Castle – the seat of Czech kings and presidents

And among these presidents
was a writer and playwright

Václav Havel

And this is again a nice town of Jičín
I like spending summer holidays near there…

This small town is famous by fairy tales…
There are festivals of fairy tales every year there.

And the most famous of them is about
very good, nice and honest robber and his family…
(Rumcajs, Manka and their son Cipísek)

Jičín´s region called Bohemian (Czech)
Paradise“ has castles, rocks and lakes…

And other castles, rocks and lakes…

And many more other castles…

And many other castles and rocks…

And many other castles and lakes…

Our region has many small towns…

The Czech lands
in Europe
seem to be

and

are
very small ….

The Czechs…
are a bit crazy
sometimes…

But also quite
normal…

European
nation.

We celebrate Christmas on Dec. 24th…
We have a tree and gifts are given by Jezulátko –a child.

We like Easter when girls are „beaten“
and they like giving eggs for that …

On each April 30th we love to organize
spring „witch fires“ all over the country

And now: No more info, I will stop…
Now comes… Czech quiz to check you:

What is the name of the capital of my country?

• Warszawa (Warszaw)
• Budapest
• Praha (Prague)
• ………………….

Czechia is a bit bigger than Estonia…
How many people live in the Czech lands?

• 10 mil
• 20 mil.
• 3 mil

• …………………

We produce many sorts of goods…
(You can pick up more than one.)
• Which items are not our typical products?
• Car
• Mobile
• Beer
• China
• Glass
• ………………………

We produce cars for 130 years…
What´s our traditonal brand of cars we produce?

• Skoda
• Nissan
• Ford
• Hyundai
• ………..

We all live in Europe
Who are our close neighbours?

• Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus
• Germany, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine
• Poland, Austria, Ukraine, Hungary
• Austria, Poland, Germany, Slovakia

• ……………………………….

We are Slavs such as…
• Portuguese
• Basks
• Albanians
• Romanians
• Slovaks
• Lithuanians

What sports or games do Czechs like?
• What do you think are our favourite sports?

• long distance run
• ice-hockey
• soccer
• table tennis
• shooting

• …………………….

And now I have some answers…

• Our capital is called Praha (Prague)
• It has around 1.3 million inhabitants
• It has a history longer than 1000 years…

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague
• http://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praha

Prague walks

Prague – mother
of cities
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=-jaaG68yEoI

Prague – city of
sights
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=kT43UcBJO5A

About the Czech Republic …
• My country has about 10.4 mil inhabitants
• It is a lowland surrounded by mountains
• Our highest mountains are Krkonoše
• Our highest mountain is Sněžka (Snowhill)
• Sněžka has 1602 metres
• We have around 600 castles
• We produce cars, beer, glass, china…

Our numerous neighbours in Europe…
We think and feel that we live in the „heart of Europe“.

And these are our closest neighbours…
(Austria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia)

And beer… (not for students)…

We over 120 years produce Škoda cars
And they are also being sold only to adults.

We (me too) like singers such as…
Klus – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxmjpC5QhM0
Nohavica – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Et9t85lFY

Tomáš Klus Jaromír Nohavica

Listen to more songs by Tomáš Klus…
Songs in the concerts Songs with the lyrics
• Do nebe • Nina
• http://www.youtube.com/w • http://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=fbMUHNn0tkk atch?v=6yRqLoJ1w5k
• Dopis • Marie
atch?v=QhRg-r_FEXU atch?v=bV8WtYrhFn8
• Malčik • Až
atch?v=QhRg-r_FEXU atch?v=fbMUHNn0tkk

Czechs very often like K. Gott or K. Kryl

Karel Gott Karel Kryl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxRRRkXNRcY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOn3mCWo6pk

Men like songs by Nohavica and Kryl...
Jaromír Nohavica Karel Kryl
• Darmoděj • Karavana mraku
atch?v=Oz02o74ZHMU atch?v=aPutMoW4ysQ
• Kometa • Král a klaun
atch?v=dQrC0mSRNUk atch?v=WSBOmzzFfgQ
• Když mne brali za vojáka • Děkuji
atch?v=HLyqIPGPtyo atch?v=lGXIuNhZrQk

Czech moms mostly like to listen…
Karel Gott

• Ráno si kávu dám • Je jaká je
atch?v=02LUNIGhmpg atch?v=RYWbW0_BZ24
• Zvonky štěstí • To musím zvládnout
• http://www.youtube.com/w sám
atch?v=5oJG2va5yYk • http://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=gaSbW_z6i58

We also like to listen…
Helena Vondráčková Petr Muk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_M6WEXS3oA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-vMK14pUUg

And I like these singers …

Radůza Čechomor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnvKRIk6AxM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8zBm265v9Y

Our parents behave the same way as
in any European country (eg. in Estonia)

And this is one basic school in Hradec
(One of many. There are more of them there.)
My daughter´s 1st day in school. And this was even in newspaper

Our children have 2 months of summer
holiday and start school in the age of 6

My daughter likes singers such as…
OL - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prokEP5okQo
EF - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FGIxmdWeh0
Olga Lounová Ewa Farna

And back again to Hradec Králové
- it´s a very nice town: royal and historical:
Lion with crown is a symbol of royal power.

And this is 20th century Hradec Králové…

Ulrich Square F. L. Rieger Square

Some traces of the early 20th century…

The Elbe Embankment The Power station

And this is a contemporary city…
My secondary school University library

And this is Hradec Králové of today…
University Swimming pool

Hradec is very beautiful at any time…

What can I say about Hradec Králové?
• It has around 100 000 people…
• It is old – mid 13th century royal dowry town
• It is green – it has many large and nice parks
• It has nice 2 rivers – Labe and Orlice…
• It has university and it was also the centre of
our national revival in 19th century.…
• Hradec is much like Tartu… That´s what I feel.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hradec_Kr%C3%A1lov%C3%A9

So let´s go for a short walk…
Walking around… Enjoy time and places…
• 8 min. (8.31) • 4 min. (4.28)
• http://www.youtube.com/
• http://www.youtube.co
watch?v=cctJAuIXI1M
m/watch?v=8yow0SoX
• 5 min. (4.57) Nbs
watch?v=AeXvh4Bti8Y
• 5 min. (5.22)
• http://www.youtube.com/w
• 2 min. (2.21) atch?v=QGya5ft1Ryg
watch?v=9SKhbZC6B98

There are nice places close to Hradec…

Chlumec nad Cidlinou Doudleby nad Orlicí

And other nice places are near to it…

Častolovice Hrádek u Nechanic

And nice towns around Hradec….
Vysoké Mýto Litomyšl

Hradec is in North Eastern Bohemia
• Its region has around 600 000 inhabitants
• It is hilly and has highest mountains in my country
• It produces Skoda cars, beer and glass
• It is placed on the North East End of my country

• More information about Hradec Králové Region:
• http://www.kr-kralovehradecky.cz/en/default.htm

Hradec Králové has a nice area around
Krkonoše, Orlické hory, Adršpach, Kuks, Český ráj…

Orlické hory – the Eagle Mountains

Český ráj - the Bohemian Paradise

Krkonoše - the Giant Mountains

There are many mountains in my region…

Hradec
Králové -Region

Krkonoše

Orlické hory

Český ráj

Adršpach

Hradec Králové

And it´s a coat of arms of our region…

Estonia - Czechia
1,332,893 inhabitants 10, 505, 445 inhabitants
45, 226 square km 78, 867 square km

Czech nation´s
tastes + hobbies
Our history
Do-it-yourself
Gardening
Family cottages
Cycling and hiking
Travelling
Beer or Kofola
Tea and Coffee
Dumplings and pork
Apples, cherries, plums
Carp for Christmas

Czechs do many things, but they often
do like tennis, ice hockey and soccer…

• Petra Kvitová – a tennis player
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra_Kvitov%C3%A1

• Jaromír Jágr – an ice-hockey player
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWXH8fqiaLY

And… Petra Kvitová again…
She is very nice, optimistic and joyful person.

Jágr plays in the USA and Canada
We like to follow ice-hockey everywhere and celebrate it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4iWbYJ8ed0
Finals with Czech Rep. – Russia, 2010 World Championship
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wev4RvZWXno

We like jogging more and more…
Nonetheless we are not the best at it.

We like climbing of mountains…

We like week-ends at the cottage…

We also like birthday parties…

We like fun on the top of Zebín hill…

And we like having fun every day…

I like gardening in my free time…

And I like living inTartu, in Estonia.

Pěkný den. – Have a nice day…

My Czech Culture and History Explained in Detail

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