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Slovakia Festivals and Events
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Wine Festival
Slovac Republic,
Experience one of the spectacular local events, the wine festival.
The festival is in celebration of the harvest and is practiced for
hundreds of years. The harvest shows how the winemaker takes care
of his vineyard for over the year. Once the season comes, friends
and familys gather to help pick grapes and taste the first glass
of juice.
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Hontianska Parada
Slovak Republic,
The festival is an agrotourism regional festival of folk culture
in the natural setting of the Hrusov backwoods which, besides folk
art )dances and songs) and customs, presents also traditional chores
and work at farms and folk crafts, like manual harvesting, bread
baking, charcoal burning and wood work, as well as the sights, events
and activities which the region offers to tourists.
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FolkloreFestival below Polana
Devta, July
Detva, the center of the region, is famous for its FolkloreFestival
below Polana. Every year the second week in July the town of Detva
invites people to this event which belongs to the most prestigious
folklore events in Slovakia. Folk songs and dances, folk costumes
and musical instruments, all this awaits you if you visit Detva
during the Folklore Festival below Polana. This folklore festival
is also accompanied by the presentation of traditional crafts at
the fair which takes place in an area of the festival next to the
open air theatre.
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Christmas
25th December, 2000
The highlight of the Christmas season takes place on Christmas Eve
which is called Stedr� de� (Generous Day) or Stedr� vecer (Generous
Evening). The generosity that is referred to on that day is that
of God's great bounty. In return for this bounty the Slovaks rejoice
and give presents to each other.
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