17. FIRST MAY
◦ International Workers‘ Day (Labour Day)
- Public holiday
- 1890 – USA
- Socialism – mandatory parade
◦ First May (Holiday of love)
- 30 April – maypole
- 31 May – Maypole Felling
- Kiss under a blooming tree
30. Day of struggle for freedom and
democracy and International Student
Day 17.11.
◦ 1939 - The closure of universities by the Nazis
◦ 1989 - Velvet Revolution - Prague demonstration against the communist regime
41. JUBILEE
• Celebration of special birthday or wedding anniversary
• Birthday Jubilee
- Bigger than usual
- every 10 years
• Wedding Jubilee
- Family reunion and symbolic redoing of marriage
ceremonial
- Different names for different number of year that
spouses are together
42. FUNERAL
• Final farewell to the deceased and opportunity to meet distant relatives
• 4 stages of funeral
- farewell in the church
- ceremonial march to the cemeter
- blessing of the grave
◦ - placing the remains in the grave
• Can be followed by requiem prayer and funeral feast