"Holidays

Czech holidays
• The first Czech important public holiday is on the 1st of January. The independent Czech republic came into existence on 1st January 1993 after the separation Czechoslovakia into two states – Czech and Slovak republic.

• Next one important holiday is Easter. For Christians, it is even the most important holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In our republic, Easter is a mixture of Christian and pagan traditions. On Easter Monday, boys go from house to house and whip girls and women plaited willow canes to make sure they stay healthy all year. As a treat, they get egg, money, drink or ribbon. People decorate eggs and they make sponge cake in the form of a lamb.

• May day is celebrated on 1st of May. It‘s celebrated in many countries. In our republic it isn‘t celebrated so much, it‘s just another day off. This day has also become a day of love. Liberation day is celebrated on the 8th of May. It‘s a celebration of the end the World War II in Europe.

• Saint Cyril and Methodius day remembers two Brothers from Byzantine Greek, who came to Great Moravia in 863 to spread Christianity. They created Glagolitic alphabet and they used Slavonic language during the masses. This holiday is celebrated on 5th July."

Gymnázium Karla Čap

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