Flashcards on Czech Cultural Traditions and Holidays
Czech Cultural Traditions and Holidays: A Student's Guide
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Holidays and Traditions
26 cards
Card 1
Question: What is a public holiday?
Answer: A special day when people don’t go to work or school, usually a paid day off.
Card 2
Question: How do people usually celebrate Christmas according to the content?
Answer: With family: decorating a Christmas tree, giving presents, eating special food, and singing carols.
Card 3
Question: On which date is Christmas celebrated in this country and how does it differ from the UK and USA?
Answer: In this country it is celebrated on 24th December; in the UK and the USA it is on 25th December.
Card 4
Question: Name some important special occasions in people's lives listed in the content.
Answer: Birthdays, weddings, graduation, funerals, the birth of a baby, and baptism.
Card 5
Question: What are typical Czech Christmas traditions mentioned?
Answer: Advent wreaths and calendars; Christmas Eve dinner often with carp and potato salad; exchanging gifts after dinner; some attend Midnight Mass; Christm
Card 6
Question: What is Masopust and how is it celebrated?
Answer: The Czech Carnival before Lent, marked by parades, costumes, music, dancing, traditional masks, masquerade balls, and processions; a time to indulge b
Card 7
Question: What happens on Saint Nicholas Day in the Czech Republic?
Answer: On December 5th Saint Nicholas (Mikuláš), with an angel and a devil, visits children; good children get small gifts or sweets, misbehaving children mi
Card 8
Question: What is All Souls’ Day (Dušičky) and how do people observe it?
Answer: Observed on November 2nd; people visit cemeteries, clean and decorate graves with flowers, candles, and wreaths, and reflect and remember deceased lov
Card 9
Question: What is the Burning of the Witches (Walpurgis Night) and how do people celebrate it?
Answer: On April 30th people make a big bonfire and burn a figure of a witch (sometimes a large doll), cheer when smoke rises, and see it as saying the witch
Card 10
Question: What are some spring and love-related Czech traditions listed?
Answer: Erecting maypoles as a symbol of spring and love; Day for Love (první máj) celebrated by couples with kisses.