I have got an absolutely amazing Easter post for you!!! It is written by one of the CMD readers, Lenka, who grew up in a country so she experienced the REAL DEAL Czech Easter. Her story is very entertaining as well as educational – the perfect combination :0) Thank you so much, Lenka!
CZ: Mam pro vas naprosto uzasnou velikonocni povidku!! Napsala ji Lenka, verna cternarka CMD a opravdu moc se ji to povedlo. Lenka vyrostla na venkove, coz znamena, ze jejich Velikonoce nebyly ani o trosicku osizene. Nejen ze je jeji esej zabavna, ale hodne se toho take naucite. Tak mockrat dekujeme, Lenko!
Traditional Czech Easter – the way I remember
by Lenka
I have been living in the US for the last 12 years and I have learned to appreciate Easter here. However, now as I have children I miss our Easter more each year.
I grew up in a city in Northern Bohemia, but I think of myself as a country girl. We have spent every holiday, break and weekend with my grandparents in the country. So I have mixed memories of Easter. Easter was celebrated different in the country then in the city. For me, the Easter in the country was more sincere, more about the tradition, even if it got crazy. Our grandfather would gather young weeping willow branches in February or March each year to let them cure for weeks before he would weave it into pomlazka. Why use young branches? By whipping the girls on Easter day you would transfer the youth, the health and the flexibility from the young cured branches into the girls (of all ages of course ☺ ) We would later decorate the pomlazka with colorful ribbons of streamers. [click to continue…]
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