I would like to dedicate this blog to one special tradition, which is Czech Easter. You know, Easter is here related also to spring, it is actually the celebration of the spring and that is why we keep some traditions you might find very awkward or funny.
Let me start with the preparations. The girls must be ready, which means they need to colour and decorate the eggs for those, who will come around. Actually, it is not only about the eggs, they should be also ready with some sweets and for adults with "few drops" of hard liquer. We also bake Easter Lamb or Mazanec. To bake Easter Lamb might be not that easy because you must have special form for it and once it is baken you should literally pray, so that the result would satisfy you because after removing it carefully out of the form your Easter Lamb might turn to Headless Lamb!
We celebrate Easter on Easter Monday, this day is holiday here. Believe me that the morning is cruel for the girls/women. After waking up our beloved ones such as our sons, husbands pour the cold water on us. Those who are tough even take their "victims" into the bathroom to give them cold "awesome" shower. The boys/men have special decorated sticks made of little brenches called karabáč (karaba:ch) and they beat the legs and the butts of the girls/women with it.
Afterwards they use little bit of parfume and spray it on the girl's/women's neck. By the way when I was a little girl and since I am tall, one of my classmates almost hit my eyes with parfume! Anyway, back to the process of torturing. When the boys are done with it all very very fair part is about to come. Guess what? We (the girls and the women) have to give them something for it!!! So we give them coloured eggs, sweets we prepared and some glass of alcohol for adults. Then the boys/men can set for their Easter journey. They walk outside and visit relatives such as aunts, grannies, cousins or classmates, friends to apply this what I have described above on them. When you look from the window, you just can see the groups of the boys with the plastic bags full of the eggs and sweets, holding their karabáč and walking around! I have to admit that this tradition is more alive in the villages, where people also wear special costumes and its atmosphere is much more better. So let me post one cute video (don't want to post worse ones to scare you), so that you would be able to picturize it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZpbzmitXXU
By the way, I forgot to mention the most important thing! What is the purpose of this tradition? Well, according to it, we - the girls/women need it all because it makes us stay fresh and young till the next Easter!
So I should be thankful to all my realatives and friends, who actually meant it in a good way and wanted me to stay forever young! :-D
Pictures were taken from: http://www.prozeny.cz/pavlac/vase-recepty/moucniky-a-dezerty/31145-velikonocni-beranek and http://hobby.idnes.cz/jak-uplest-pomlazku-z-8-nebo-11-proutku-navod-fe2-/hobby-domov.aspx?c=A120326_114830_hobby-domov_mce
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luci, I didn't talk about the Czech Republic. I was only shown that the issue of the double standard, the responsible for it, is the governments of Western countries.
The issue of Berber you did not speak about it, I explained that it is not related to your blog. All I care that there should be mutual respect between members and that the English club should not be a place to exchange insults.
Dear brother Just User,
I completely agree with you that the Western world is practiced double standards policy with the Arabs in a lot of political problems in order to achieve its reconciliation. As for the description of the Arabs that they are Berbers, I do not agree at all on this. They critical the way of the slaughter of sheep in the "al-Adha feast" and I ask them aren't you eating Mutton?
But with all respect to you, should not be at all anyone of us attacks any other member on this site and to insult him. Nor should not make any person, bears the responsibility for global policies he is not responsible for it.
I'm sure from your good intention, so please let's all work together to promote peace and love among all members, and when we differ in opinion, we remain friends.
Thank you very much.
Dear brother Just User,
These celebrations are inherited habits for thousands of years, as well as Arabs celebrating the same celebration every year at Easter, and they are coloring the eggs and eat "Alfesik" and the herring. As well as childrens's lanterns celebrations through the month of Ramadan.
I do not see any relationship between the double standards and this blog.
Just User, plzzz do me a favour. Go nextdoor with such comments. Thanx.
camel, loool yeah it looks like Men/boys are privileged on this special day! But ok let them enjoy it because usually woman is that one who all pay attention to during wedding or after giving birth :-D so this one day is just theirs!
Expector, yeah it is unfair and even though i said there that the most fair thing is about to come.. it was sarcasm .. i just didnt realize it and you know you can hardly express it in written english :-D
Sorry I must have got it wrong.
It's unfair that they tortued you and you even gave them sweets in return:)) They could even do the same to their aunt or granny? That's funny.
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