#Czech culture

[adyathemoongoddess]

Ordinary weddings: "How dare she wear white dress at my wedding, how are others suppose to tell who is the bride??!!"

Girlies from Haná: "Alright bitches, if we all dress up in simmilar dress, we will confuse the evil spirits that could attack the bride."

[palacholic]

něco co naprosto miluju je popularita deskovek v česku. sejít se s random lidmi v kavárně a celé odpoledne hrát člověče nezlob se nebo cokoliv jiného. not a thing in my country at all zatímco tady naprosto seriózní dospěli lidé hrají hry o jednorožcích co prdí a o tom, koho má přejet tramvaj (ano to jsou reálně existující deskovky).

[multilingualpotato]

Are Czech People… Cold?

One of the things that foreigners seem to struggle with in the Czech Republic, is that Czech people can appear to be quite cold and distant. You might even think that they look at you like they have something against you.

Do not worry, this is simply the “Czech public spaces resting bitch face” (as I like to call it). When you walk on a street or take public transportation do not expect Czech people to smile. Most won't and are not fond of small talk with absolute strangers either. However, this is nothing personal against you. Czech people are actually very warm and welcoming, once you get to interact with them on a deeper level. It’s just that we do not waste our smiles on strangers, but reserve them for people we hold dear.

So the next time a Czech person looks like they have a personal vendetta against you when you say hi to them in an elevator, just remember, they are probably thinking about how many rohlíky they should buy in Lidl.

Sincerely, a Czech person

GIF: Czech fairy tale movie Pyšná princezna (Proud princess) from 1952 aka the perfect example of facial expressions of Czech people in public

[jahodenka-angrestovka]

❁blatský kroj❁

nasbíráno na pinterestu :)

teď už ho poznáte!

podobné výšivky a prvky má kroj kozácký (táborský)

[mediocrelanguagelearner]

17.03.2024, Getting rid of winter and welcoming spring

I visited some friends and took part in a traditional spring ritual. This was my first time taking part and it was very interesting. Girls carry a dummy made of straw, adorned with cloth, ribbons and hollow egg necklace. The dummy is Smrtka (Death) or Morana (the Slavic goddess of winter and death), the girls are carrying her out of the town, singing the whole way. At the river they set her on fire and then throw her into the river (drown her). The winter is now over and spring comes. They go back to the town with blossoming twigs decorated with ribbon (letečko), bringing spring back with them.

[ejmina]

Digital sketch based on Joža Úprka’s painting - Jeseň (1922)

[theelfmaiden]

Christmas is time of fortune telling. People light up candles in walnut shell boats and let water tell them of their families' fate.

Regardless of what water will foretell for next year, I wish all families and people stricken with sadness this Christmas good fortune, stronger bonds and peace in their hearts.

❤️

(A lil doodle 🤗 for everyone 🌟 a pro spolužáky z fildy UK od přírody UK 🙏)

[madam-of-lithuania]

Czech day in Kaunas

My home city Kaunas, Lithuania 🇱🇹

[marmota-b]

I've come home from church a bit buzzed today.

There weren't that many people (big wedding yesterday, and I guess also the weather), and there was a lot of wine left over. In my old church in Central Bohemia, this would have led to the wine being poured back into the bottle. 🙄 South Moravians would never. 🤣 All non-drivers were prevailed upon to do something about it, and I'm a lightweight.

[kawaiitail-chan]

Fun fact: slavic culture isn't just russuan

[adyathemoongoddess]

On the day of Saint Lucia, here in Czechia women dress up as Lucky. Then they go from house to house checking wether or not you were working, wich is strictly banned on this day. So if your house was clean, or you were spinning, plucking feathers or doing any other chores that day, they are allowed to trash your place.

They are allowed to attack men who don't help their wives with chores and scare children, warning them that if they aren't fasting on the Christmas day, they will come to them and rip their stomachs apart to take all the food back and replace it with hay.

Girls night out. 💅

[witchwitchglam]

POV: Vrchní prchni, akorát od Dannyho Boylea.

subPOV: Závěrečná scéna Vrchní prchni, akorát místo Severního větru hraje Lust for Life.

[crowreys-wormstache]

My most beloved coworker who is from Italy and I and some others went for drinks tonight after work and he was complaining how he misses warmth in Czech people. That they sometimes see him as weird for his italian temperament

Me, neurodivergent w middle eastern roots:

[jahodenka-angrestovka]

Jakožto obrozence mě vyloženě vytáčí Colours of Ostrava; jak nepoeticky to zní! Kam se poděla národní hrdost? Barvy Ostravy je přece mnohem hezčí, kór když je to český festival.

Upřímně mě rozčilují i všechny ty anglické názvy a nápisy (hlavně u nás v Krumlově a v Praze). Je přece tolik hezkých českých slov, která by se dala upotřebit, třeba dukát, řeka, štěstí, podkova, peřej, struhadlo (představte si kavárnu Struhadlo, vsadím se, že by se z ní ihned stalo společenské středisko), pampeliška, sedmikráska, kartouzek, stříbro, drak, třpyt a třpytný, kamenný, srdce (pohostinství U Tří kamenných srdcí třeba?), rosnička, rusalka, taky různé zdrobněliny - matička, sluníčko, voděnka, poupátka...

Pokud máte nějaká další, na kolenou vás prosím, podělte se!

[mediocrelanguagelearner]

03.11.2024

We never used to celebrate Dušičky, but my sister started a tradition of going to the cemetery a couple of years ago. Usually we go when it's dark already so I only see the lights, but this year we went as the sun was setting and it was even more beautiful, seeing all the flowers and wreaths and candles on the graves.

[ejmina]

Quick sketch of a boy in traditional costume at the “Jízda Králů” (“Ride of Kings”) in Vlčnov