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Slovak Traditions for Celebrating New Year and Beyond

Discover unique Slovak traditions for New Year, lent, Easter, Midsummer, All Souls' Day, and Christmas. Learn about festive customs, meals, and rituals including fireworks, lentil soup, egg decorating, and more.

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Slovak Traditions for Celebrating New Year and Beyond

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  1. Slovak traditions

  2. New Year • New Year 's Eve • Fireworks, champagne • New Year 's Day • Lentil soap • Wishes of health

  3. Hromnice • 2nd February • Sanctified candle

  4. Before Shrove Tuesday • Begins after Biblical Magi • End before Ash Wednesday • Ritual before lent • Carneval • Eating fatty foods

  5. Easter • First fullmoon after spring equinox • Coloured eggs, ham, red beet, ram-shaped cake • Pouring the water, lashing by whips

  6. Midsummer • 24th June – St John 's Day • Jumping over the bonfires • Dance • Swimming

  7. All Souls Day 2. November Western Christianity holiday For all spirits in purgatory Praying, sacrificing

  8. Halloween • Not very known in Slovakia • In the time of All souls day • Jack O' Lantern • Christianity vs Americanism

  9. Advent • Four weeks before Christmas • Weath with four Candles • St. Andrew 's Day • St. Nicolaus's Day • St. Lucy 's Day

  10. Christmas Presents the same day No Santa Claus Sour cabbage soup, Gingerbread, Bobaľky Nut throwing, Coins under tablecloth,

  11. Thanks for your attention

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