Traditional folk culture in the life of a Czech family

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The 2nd meeting in Hazlov, the Czech Republic

mother fathertwo children – more recentlymostly only one child

grandparents - they mostly live alone

family house - rapidly unfolding way of living

living in a block of flats – maybe the most common type of housing

special ways of living – mobile homes, timber houses

Unfortunately there are many people without their own house or flat – 11 500 peoplein CR

at work – it depends on the type of work ( formal clothes, uniforms, casual clothes)

school and leisure - casual comfortable clothes

Special regional clothing - traditionalcostumes

Vlčnov - The ride of the kings

This festival has two hundred years of tradition.The king runs from the upper end of the village towards the lower end and is also linked with the popular folk fairand the possibility of visiting museums and old houses.

The king – mostly small boy about 10 years old

Soup : potato, garlic, goulash, tripe, cabbage withsaussages

Main food - mainly from meat - pork, beef and poultry.

Dessert - buns and cakes

sirloin sauce with dumplings

pork, sauerkraut and dumplings

potato pancakes

cakes

buns

Czech beer – Pilsner Urquell ; Budweiser Budvar

Czech wine – especially South Moravia – Valtice, Velké Pavlovice

boys girls

sport computer and videogames staying out with friends

staying out with friends dancing, singing, Art

common activities

playing the instrument (the quitar, piano, flute) telling with parents, friends watching TV preparation to school

Some people can´t or don´t want to realize their free time. Why?

theatre cinema books camps for children

expensiveactivities, many families haven´tenough moneyfor them

workaholics

ussually two or more jobs leisure activities only with

economic benefits no holiday no relaxation and rest

Great ills of our time A lot of people live side by side but not together

Not only children like fairy tales, poems, songs, traditional pilgrimages and processions

The international folklore festival in Strážnice (Moravia) is the largest folk festival in the Czech Republic

Families that love history of folklor often visit museums

The most famous ones are :

Museum of Southeast Moravia village - Strážnice

Wallachian Museum in nature – Rožnov pod Radhoštěm

Slovacke museum – Uherské Hradiště

birth , wedding, death

birthday celebrations

life jubilees

Easter whip

welcome to life, christening

These traditions are very important in a family life :

children watch the preparation – cleaning, baking, cooking, hospitality

towards other people

meeting of parents, grandparents, children

common dining and telling

Carnival, welcome spring, Easter

traditional food - a dish called Judas, Easter lamb Easter whip, painting Easter eggs

Village fair and feasts with songs, pastry and special clothes – folk costume

Wine harvest

Christmas

decorating the Christmas tree

preparation of Christmas Eve dishes

mushroom soup, potato salad and

fish,apples, sweets

Feast of St. Barbara - unmarried girls plack cherry branches to get married

Saint Nicholas Day

Three Kings - contributions to charitable organizations

singing carols

watching fairy tales

Three Nuts for Cinderella

I can't stop looking,

Have a nice day

how pretty you look even after our presentation.