SLOVAK TRADITIONS

TYPICAL FOOD

• national dish - “Bryndzové halušky“

• we have very good cheese in Slovakia – for example oštiepok and parenica

• fried cheese with chips and mayonese (tatarská omáčka)

MODROTLAČ- BLUEPRINT

SLOVAK NATIONAL HERO IS JURAJ JÁNOŠÍK

* 25th of January 1688 Terchová † 17th of March 1713 Liptovský Mikuláš in Poland known as Klimczok

POLAND

FUJARA• typical musical instrument• written in UNESCO

FOLK FESTIVALS • you can hear folk music and see many

beautiful folk costumes and folk dances

• they are also visited by foreign tourists

• Detva, Východná, Jánošíkové dni (Jánošík days)

SLOVAK TRADITIONAL

WEDDING

“DUŠIČKY“(ALL SAINTS DAY)1st OF NOVEMBER

SVÄTÝ MIKULÁŠ - ST. NICHOLAS

• 6th of December

ST. LUCY´S DAY – 13th OF DECEMBER

CHRISTMAS AND ADVENT( 11th of November- 6th of January)

• 1st Sunday of Advent - between 27th of November and 3rd of December

• Advent ends after sundown on Christmas Eve (24th of Dec.)

FAŠIANGY

• Carnival means the period from Epiphany to Ash Wednesday

MORENA

EASTER

EASTER MONDAY

THE FIRST OF MAY

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