Czech TRADITIONS

New Czech music CDs available! / Nova CDcka s ceskou hudbou jsou tu!

Czech Christmas carols, Czech folk music and Czech lullabies are always in a high demand and  that’s why they are available again on Czechmate Diary. This year the selection is a bit different from the last year’s selection, so nobody can complain of boredom ;)

CZ: Uz je to tady – novaVanocni selekce ceske hudby! Koledy (dil 1. a dil 2.), ukolebavky a dechovka. Tato nabidka je trosku jina, nez co byla k mani rok minuly, takze si nikdo nemuze stezovat na nudu ;) . [click to continue…]

Tagged as: children, Christmas, CMD store, Czech Christmas carols, Czech folk music, music

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CONTEST: The best Czech film quotes / SOUTEZ: Nejlepsi ceske filmove hlasky

Are you ready to compete and win a prize? The rules are simple: watch the following YouTube video and write down in the comment section what movies are these quotes taken out of. There are a total of 23 movie titles you should come up with.

The winner will get a framed picture of the Prague castle (see the attached image). The picture itself is a copy of the original pencil drawing, which is also available  for sale.

CZ: Jste pripraveni soutezit o cenu? Jestli ano, podivejte se na nasledujici video nejlepsich filmovych hlasek z ceske kinematografie. Na videu je ukazano celkem 23 filmu. Jestlize si myslite, ze muzete prijit na vsech 23 filmovych nazvu, napiste je do komentu a ja je ohodnotim, nebot mam pri sobe tahak :) .

A co ze vyhrajete za cenu? Zaramovany obrazek Prazskeho Hradu (viz. foto). Obrazek je kopie originalu, ktery je take k mani.

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Tagged as: contest, Czech TV, movies, YouTube

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And my Czech sensor goes off again…/ A muj cesky senzor se opet hlasi…

Don’t tell me the pictures I have recently taken  all around me  don’t prove the under-title of this blog: “Small Bohemian Steps to World Domination” :) :) :)

CZ: Nerikejte mi, ze tyto fotky nejsou dukazem podtitulu tohoto blogu: “Small Bohemian Steps to World Domination” :) :) :)

1. The word “VODA” means “WATER” in Czech.

2. The word “Ahoy” is pretty much a misspelled Czech word “Ahoj” which means “HI”. And the same thing goes for the word “Matey”! Substitute ‘y’ for ‘j’ and you will get a Czech name “Matej”. Am I missing some Czech cartoon that’s going around and the main hero Matej is being printed on American t-shirts?!
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Tagged as: culture, Czech language, fashion

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New Czechmate Diary products / Nove zbozi na Czechmate Diary

To my surprise, my drawings of Prague/CR were quite the hit last time so I am coming back with more! I have also been working on a new hand-knitted bag (for about 3 days and nights straight), which is decorated with the cutest Czech lion buttons. If no one buys it pretty soon, sorry it’s mine :)

CZ: Jelikoz se me obrazky Prahy/CR staly docela hitem, jsem tu s novou, cerstvou nabidkou. Konecne jsem take dokoncila pletenou tasku, ktera se pomalu stala mym celozivotnim dilem – pletla jsem snad skoro 3 dny a 3 noci. Jestlize se v nejblizsich dnech nenajde zajemce, ujmu se ji ja sama, moc se mi totiz libi :) .

1. NEW DRAWINGS

Prague Castle (click here for more info)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Golden Street/Zlata Ulicka (click here for more info)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tagged as: Czech flag, Czech lion, my art, Prague, Vaclav Havel

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Amos Lee has a Czech twin…guess who? /Amos Lee ma dvojnika v Cechach…vite, kdo to je?

The first time I heard the song “Windows are open” by Amos Lee on the radio, my brain almost had a mini-stroke. At first it was telling me that’s the Czech singer Michal Tucny. But then, a few seconds later, the hard reality hit. “Wait, he is singing in English, that must be someone else!”. I restlessly waited for the end of the song to find out who the artist was. And that’s how I found out about Amos Lee.

The funny thing is that not only their voices are almost identical but the song has a very similar melody (especially at the beginning) when you compare it to Michal Tucny’s song called “Abych tu zil”. See for yourself and you will see! It’s amazing!!!!
CZ: Michal Tucny ma dvojnika!!!! Dokonce i ty jejich pisnicky (tedy alespon tahle) zni velmi podobne! Mrnete na vido Amose Lee a pak si poslechnete Michala Tucneho, pisnicku “Abych tu zil”. No nemam pravdu?



 

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Tagged as: music, YouTube

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The best of Czech and Slovak music…in 1985:) / Nejvetsi ceskoslovenske hitovky…v roce 1985 :)

This is one of those sentimental posts again so get your handkerchiefs ready. Here are some of those top runners who back then broke almost every girl’s heart:

CZ: Pripravte si kapesnicky, jdeme si zavzpominat na hitovky z roku 1985. Kvuli komu ze budete v pristich peti minutach ronit slzy (nebo naopak dostanete zachvat smichu)? Tady je jen par jmen k pripomenuti:

  • Pavel Hornak
  • Karel Gott
  • Michal David
  • Elan
  • and others…..

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Tagged as: music, my childhood, sentimental, YouTube

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Watch out – flying carps! / Pozor – litaji tu kapri!

Our buddy Jamie sent me yet another enticing news that I have to share with you..and it’s about CARPS again! The following video will seem to you like it is from a different planet. Perhaps it is a short glimpse of Czech heaven (especially during Christmas)? [click to continue…]

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Tagged as: animals, Christmas

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Google search: who eats ca…? /Kdo ji k……?

Last night I took a long look at our fat cat. And then I started thinking about how did she become so fat (we give her the same food but then she is getting older…) and that train of thought made me ask myself: “Who eats cats?”. Certain nations eat dogs but I had no clue about cats. So I asked my smart husband and he didn’t know either. And so we started a long quest that took us days to accomplish….just kidding! [click to continue…]

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Tagged as: animals, Christmas, humor, pets, traditions

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The dramatic evolution of the Skoda car / Dramaticka evoluce nasi Skodovky

If you say ‘To je skoda‘ in Czech it means ‘That’s a shame‘ or ‘That’s too bad‘ or simply just imagine a sad face. The word ‘skoda‘ means ‘loss‘ or ‘harm‘ or ‘injury‘; but it is also the name of the biggest Czech car company which cranks out a new Skoda model almost every year. Why would someone name a car ‘Skoda’ or “Harm” is beyond my comprehension but it did not seem to slow down the business a bit. [click to continue…]

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Tagged as: cars, history

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Why is Czech Easter so special? / Jak vypadaji ceske Velikonoce?

Easter is just around the corner so I wanted to put you in the mood:

  • If you are not familiar with the Czech Easter traditions, read a wholesome and educational article on the My Czech Republic blog (click here).
  • If you are not into educating yourself today and would just like to read my personal story about Czech Easter click here
  • If you don’t feel like reading at all and would rather mindlessly browse through some cool pictures of traditional Czech eggs which are called Kraslice look down here: [click to continue…]

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Tagged as: Czech Easter

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