2. EASTER HOLIDAYS IN SLOVAKIA
Christians begin Easter celebration on Holy
Thursday.
Good Friday = the day of abstinence,
Christians commemorate the death of Jesus
Christ.
Easter Sunday they celebrate the
resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
3. BLOWING EGGS OUT
Easter eggs is a fun way to celebrate Easter.
Before you can decorate the eggs, you need
to get the inside of the egg out, without
breaking the shell!
How?
You blow the egg out.
4. THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF EASTER EGGS
IN OUR COUNTRY.
KRASLICA
It depends on
regions and
materials used for
the process.
The most
beautiful are
those eggs with
small holes on the
surface.
7. EASTER MARKET IN BRATISLAVA’S OLD TOWN
from March to April
Folk crafts market
8. ON EASTER SUNDAY
basket of food is prepared and covered with
a handmade cloth, and brought to the church
to be blessed.
A typical Easter basket includes bread,
colored eggs, ham, horseradish, beetroot
9. EASTER MENU
Easter dinner menu is always festive: potato
salad with mayonnaise, cooked ham and
sandwiches are served on Easter Sunday as
well as on Easter Monday.
10.
11. EASTER MONDAY
“Oblievačka” (water pouring) is a typical
Easter Monday custom in Slovakia. The
character of „oblievačka“ slightly varies from
region to region. On this day men visit their
female relatives and friends and pour water
on them or spray them with perfume,
12. KORBÁČ
and whip them gently with special whips
made of braided willow rods.
13. „OBLIEVAČKA AND ŠIBAČKA“
pouring water on women will
guarantee their BEAUTY
and GOOD HEALTH
throughout the year.
In the villages boys dressed
in traditional folk costumes
come with whips decorated
with colourful ribbons.
14. The spanking is not painful!
men can exhibit their attraction to women;
unvisited women can feel offended.
Traditionally, the spanked woman gives a
coloured egg and sometimes a small amount
of money to the man as a sign of her thanks.
15. In some regions, the women can get revenge
in the afternoon or the following day when
they can pour a bucket of cold water on any
man.
The habit slightly varies across Slovakia
Editor's Notes
Christians begin Easter celebration on Holy Thursday.
Good Friday is a state holiday in Slovakia. On Good Friday, the day of abstinence, Christians commemorate the death of Jesus Christ.
Then on Easter Sunday they celebrate the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Easter preparations begin days before Easter.
Making your own Easter eggs is a fun way to celebrate Easter. You can decorate your eggs as simple or fancy as you want! Create a tradition by decorating eggs every year. Before you can decorate the eggs, you need to get the inside of the egg out, without breaking the shell! It's really quite simple to do.
How?
You blow the egg out.
The´re called kraslice.
It depends on regions and materials used for the process.
The most beautiful are those eggs with small holes on the surface.
In the Slovakia, a tradition of spanking or whipping is carried out on Easter Monday.
In the morning, men spank women with a special handmade whip called a korkorbáč
And throw cold water on them. The korbáč consists of eight, twelve or even twenty-four withies (willow rods), is usually from half a meter to two meters long and decorated with coloured ribbons at the end.
The spanking is not painful or intended to cause suffering. A legend says that women should be spanked with a whip in order to keep their health and beauty during the whole next year.
According to tradition, pouring water on women will guarantee their beauty and good health throughout the year. In the villages boys dressed in traditional folk costumes come with rattles and braided whips decorated with colorful ribbons. They may take females out of the houses and douse them with a bucket or buckets filled with cold water.
The spanking is not painful or intended to cause suffering.
An additional purpose can be for men to exhibit their attraction to women; unvisited women can even feel offended. Traditionally, the spanked woman gives a coloured egg and sometimes a small amount of money to the man as a sign of her thanks.
In some regions, the women can get revenge in the afternoon or the following day when they can pour a bucket of cold water on any man. The habit slightly varies across Slovakia
