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Czech folklore is the folk tradition which has developed among the Czech people over a number of centuries. Czech folklore was influenced by a mix of Christian and pagan customs. Nowadays it is preserved and kept alive by various folklore ensembles uniting members of all ages, from children to seniors, showing their talent during competitions ...
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Ancient Bohemian legends (Czech: Staré pověsti české) is a book by Alois Jirásek written in 1894. It describes events from Czech history based on folk literature and some historical facts. The model was based on Chronicle of Hájek , Cosmas Chronicle of Bohemia and Chronicle of Dalimil , other old Czech chronicles and many other sources ...
Dodola (in the Balkan tradition, the spring-summer rite of causing rain, as well as the central character of this rite) German (ritual doll and the name of the rite of calling out rain of the southern Slavs) Jarilo (personification of one of the summer holidays in the Russian folk calendar) Koliada (the personification of the New Year's cycle)
Czech theatrical tradition played a big part in the Czech National Revival. Opening of the National Theatre in Prague in 1881 was a great success of the Czech nationalists. In 1920, Karel Čapek published his science fiction play R.U.R., where he introduced the word "robot" to the English language and to science fiction as a whole. [18]
The maypole stands in the centre of a dancing place (in Czech: plac or sólo). People are dancing and singing around with the accompaniment of the brass music . The main organizer and arranger of Hody is a selected young boy called první stárek (the first stárek - literally the first " old one "). [ 2 ]
Czech Pomlázka (handmade whip) A Pomlázka in use; by Marie Gardavská (1871–1937). In the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, and some parts of Hungary, the Easter whip is used as part of a tradition where boys are splashed with water and girls whipped with a decorated willow branch on Easter Monday.
Moravian traditional music or Moravian folk music represents a part of the European musical culture connected with the Moravian region of the Czech Republic. Styles of Moravian traditional music vary by location and subject, but much of it is characterized by a specific melodic and harmonic texture related to the Eastern European musical world.