Moravian Costumes,Habits of Czech Republic,Folklore and

Music

Ride of the kings, Burning witches and Walpurgis Night,First May The time of love,Feast,

Halloween,Barborky

Habits Of Czech Republic

Ride of the Kings Even in the last century can ride

Kings substantiate almost all of Moravia. Today has been preserved in its original form in only one village - Slovácký Vlcnov - and here annually performed in almost unchanged form. On ribboned horses go around boys - conscripts - an ancient village, causing verses in honor of the king and his request to giftedness. The king is 10-12years old boy that goes in the old woman's costume guarded by two aides with drawn sabers.

Vlcnovska tradition beautified glory of kings ride local costumes, lavish decoration of the royal procession and folk poetry, ringing in the form vyvolávek riders. At the same time it opředla legends that explain the custom in connection with the war of the Czech King George of a Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus.

Burning witches and Walpurgis Night

Since the Middle Ages, it was believed that there are days where evil forces have greater power than ever. This is true for example for night time of 30 On April 1st May. Belief in the evil forces, as old as humanity itself, over time turned into a superstition that the devil can power on earth to apply only through people - witches and wizards. In defense against witches are burned at high places fire.

Over time, the annual fire was "burning witches". Youths set fire to brooms and throwing them up, apparently in order to see how witches fly on broomsticks in the air. At midnight before St. Philip and James, ie 1st May the forces of evil have power to harm people could be found numerous treasures. However, to seeking action before the wicked forces defended, had to carry a flower of fern.

Until now preserved in the Czech tradition of burning fires.

1. May The time of loveOn May 1 should be kissed

a girl under a cherry blossom that was still beautiful. The Prague lovers are directed first on May Petrin to put flowers at the memorial to Karel Hynek Macha (1810-1836), Czech romantic poet who wrote a poem May. The poem tells of the tragic love between two young people and is part of Czech classical literature.

Feast In the fall, when all the crops

were harvested, it is time to have fun. Earlier lasted from Sunday to Thursday and invited to her cake - "invitation". On the table was meat, poultry, cakes, pastries. They ate, drank, feasted and danced and sang with. Today, the majority of municipalities in which the feast, arriving pilgrimage. In addition richly laid table with festive baked cakes. They are round in shape often 20-25 cm large, brightly decorated, poppy seed, jam, cheese, raisins and more.

HalloweenSince 998 is reminiscent

of the first deceased holidays and second November. In some localities the hell special bread called "Halloween", beggars, pilgrims and all poor people.

Today, the memory of the dead graves adorned with flowers, wreaths and lit candles.

Feast of St. Barbara St. Barbara's Day, which falls on

the fourth December used to be associated with a number of folk traditions. The most famous of these is the so-called Barbors cutting twigs or barborky. According to popular tradition, the 4th December, with the first ray of sunshine cut a twig from a cherry tree at least ten years old and carried into the house where she lived unmarried girl. If twig blossom on Christmas Day, it meant that the girl in the coming year will find the groom. If bloomed earlier each day marked shortening of the period of one month wedding.

Today barborky cut especially Christmas decorations to beautify the home.

Folklore Folklore (from the English folk

lore -'s knowledge) refers to expressions of popular culture, which are maintained at a certain ancestral territory. Folklore can be either verbal (eg, storytelling, and legends) and music (singing certain songs related to specific times eg), dramatic (folk theater), or dance.

Folk rituals or habits cover a wide variety of events. They often deal with what is happening throughout the year (harvest festivals, feasts, Christmas, Easter) or during the human life (birth, marriage, burial).

Moravian costumes Basic types of costumes in Moravia

basically agree with the basic ethnographic regions. Currently, it is known mostly stagnated at a certain stage of development, only a few are still alive. In Moravia, it's basically the Moravian Slovakia (eg Podluzi Kyjovsko or Horňácko which are still old women who have in their wardrobe only the clothes they normally wear. Others costumes, such as Jihlava, suddenly disappeared from external reasons. In this case, the reason for the expulsion of the German population from Jihlava. Old women in Czech and mixed villages costume put off very soon after that had been associated with the hated German ethnicity. Mostly, however, is the disappearance of wearing folk costumes associated with the massive industrialization of the country during the 19th century .

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Folk Music Folk music (folk music) is purely spontaneous

expression of folk musicality. It is a song and dance, but also about the customs and traditions in which music plays a significant role. Develops and maintains oral tradition and its makers remain mostly anonymous. The basis of European folk music is a song. Many of the songs were so popular that it is passed on for generations and became the most natural and purest expression of the general musicality, but at the same time also an invaluable document of musical roots of the ethnic group. He sings in one of the natural human needs and desires, often about love, work and nature. Folklore and are still produced in various parts of the world and in many places is still the only musical expression at all. Very vary by continent, country and traditions in melody, rhythm and harmony and diversity used musical instruments). While in some parts of the world still lives and creates in some countries, especially in Europe during the 20th century almost disappeared. It is the result of the commercialization of art that crunches through media globalization average artificial music making anything similar possibilities and methods of dissemination does not. It's kind of inevitable that communities less dependent on what we call civilization are more able to develop the potential of their own musical roots

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