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HAPPY EASTER!!!

This week we celebrated Easter. :-)

Easter is the most important annual religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to Christian scripture,J. Christ was resurrected from the dead three days after his crucifixion. Christians celebrate this resurrection on Easter Day or Easter Sunday (also Resurrection Day or Resurrection Sunday), two days after Good Friday and three days after Maundy Thursday.

Easter in Slovakia is loved by men and hated by the women. Never in my life have I met a woman who would praise this tradition. If possible, some women even choose to leave their homes for Easter weekend, and spend it in peace with friends.

It is difficult to understand why a young girl dressed up in the national costume should be screaming with apparent enthusiasm while being chased by a bunch of young men who are trying to catch her and throw her in a nearby creek. But such scenes are now rarely seen in modern Slovakia.

Today, bands of young men and boys set out to win chocolate and money by whipping and pouring water on young

Slovak women.

Traditional symbols of the Easter are Easter bunny, Easter egg, goslings, etc.

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