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Something more about the Czech Republic :

Czech Easter (Velikonoce)
Easter in the Czech Republic is a fun time. Many traditions are still observed and practiced, especially in villages, and different regions may have their own traditions and customs.
Many symbols of Easter are related to the spring and beginning of new life. In the Czech Republic, Easter symbols include:
Eggs and „kraslice“ user posted image

The hand-painted or decorated egg (kraslice) is the most recognizable symbol of Czech Easter. Easter eggs are decorated by girls to be given to boys on Easter Monday.
Baby animals - lamb, bunny rabbit, chicken
One Easter tradition is to bake a lamb, but in the Czech Republic real lamb is usually replaced by one made from gingerbread.
Pussywillow and pomlázka
Young, live pussywillow twigs are thought to bring health and youth to anyone who is whipped with them. A pomlázka (from pomladit or "make younger") - a braided whip made from pussywillow twigs - has therefore been used for centuries by boys who go caroling on Easter Monday and symbolically whip girls on the legs.
The color red
Red and other bright colors symbolize health, joy, happiness and new life that comes with the spring.
Easter Monday
Easter Monday (Pondělí velikonoční) is a day off, the day of the pomlázka. The origin of the pomlázka tradition (pomlázka meaning both the whip and the tradition itself) dates back to pagan times. Its original purpose and symbolic meaning is to chase away illness and bad spirits and bring health and youth for the rest of the year to everyone who is whipped with the young pussywillow twigs. An Easter carol, usually asking for an egg or two, would be recited by the boy while whipping. The girl would then reward the boy with a painted egg or candy and tie a ribbon around his pomlázka.

Saint Nicholas Tradition (Mikuláš)
The charming tradition of St. Nicholas falls on the eve of St. Nicholas Day, December 5th. If you find yourself walking the streets on that evening, you may run into a group of strange characters: St. Nicholas (Mikuláš), the Angel (anděl) who represents the Good, and the Devil (čert) representing the Evil. All are wearing costumes - Mikuláš looks a bit like Santa Claus whose origin was supposedly inspired by St. Nicholas. They visit the homes of the people they know and ask the children if they behaved themselves in the past year. Most kids say yes and sing a song or recite a short poem. They are then rewarded with sweets, candy or other treats, which are handed out by the Angel. Bad kids would be put in the Devil's sack and taken to hell, or would only get a sack of potatoes or coal instead of candy - of course this does not really happen!

Christmas
Christmas Dinner Customs
Czech Christmas dinner (December 24) is connected with a great number of different customs, rules and superstitions. Here are some of them:
- No lights should be lit in the house before the first star comes out. After it does,
- dinner is served.
- The table should be set for an even number of guests. An odd number brings
- bad luck or death. An extra plate can be used to even out the number of guests.
- An extra plate should also be prepared in case an unexpected guest or a person
- in need comes by the house at dinner time.
- The legs of the table can be tied with a rope to protect the house from thieves
- and burglars in the coming year.
- No one should sit with their back to the door.
- Christmas dinner should consist of nine courses including soup, bread with
- honey, carp, potato salad, fruit (dried, fresh or canned), dessert (apple strudel
- or vánočka - Christmas bread), and other foods.
- No alcohol should be served on Christmas Eve.
- No one should ever get up from the Christmas table before dinner is finished.
- Doing so brings bad luck and death in the family.
- Everyone should finish their dinner and leave nothing on the plate.
- The first person to leave the table after dinner will be the first one to die in the
- coming year - that is why everyone should get up from the table at the same
- time.
- All household animals should be fed after dinner so that no one goes hungry
- on Christmas Eve.

Foretelling the Future
The foretelling of the future and predicting the well-being of the family in the coming year is connected with many popular Christmas customs some of which are still practiced today.
The Floating of Walnut Shells
Little boats are made out of empty walnut shells and each family member places a little burning candle into a shell. Everyone's shells are then floated on a bowl of water. If the shell makes it across the bowl, its owner will live a long and healthy life. A shell that sinks brings bad luck to its owner.
The Cutting of the Apple
After Christmas dinner, every person present at the table cuts an apple in half (crosswise, from the stem down). Both halves are shown to everyone around the table. If the core is shaped as a star, it means that everyone will get together next year in happiness and health. A four-pointed cross is a bad omen and means that someone at the table will fall ill or die within a year.
The Pouring of Lead
A piece of lead is melted over fire and then poured into a container of water. The resulting shape will tell the pourer's destiny.

Foretelling Marriage
Cherry Tree Twigs (Barborky)
On December 4, St. Barbora's Day, an unmarried girl is supposed to cut a twig off of a cherry tree and put it in water. If the twig blooms by Christmas Eve, the girl will marry within a year.
The Throwing of the Shoe
An unmarried girl is supposed to throw a shoe over her shoulder and towards the door. If the shoe lands with the toe pointing towards the door, the girl will marry within a year.

Money and Wealth
Fish Scales
Fish scales should be placed under Christmas dinner plates or under the tablecloth to bring wealth to the house. Carrying a fish scale in a wallet all year will ensure that money will not run out.

Other Christmas Customs and Superstitions
- He who fasts all day until dinner will see the golden piglet on the wall.
- After Christmas dinner, no field is to be crossed until the midnight mass. He
- who does so will die within a year.
- He who fails to give a present on Christmas Eve will be met with poverty.

May First, the Time of Love
On the evening of May 1st, lovers gather at the statue of Karel Hynek Mácha, the Czech Romantic "poet of love", in Prague's Petřín park where they lay flowers and spend a few moments. Then they kiss under the blooming cherry trees of the park.

Music
Antonín Dvořák is generally regarded as the most popular Czech composer. He is noted for his symphony From the New World, composed in the USA while lecturing there. Another famous composer is Bedrich Smetana remembered especially for his set of six symphonic poems Má vlast (My Country). Possibly his best-known composition is the second poem in that cycle, Vltava (The Moldau).
Our national anthem is called : „Where is My Home?“ Written by Frantisek skroup, Josef Kajetan Tyl.

Flag of the Czech Republic (click)

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i wanna talk about my country by pix

first....

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the flag
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this buliding called sheraton aldoha...it'a a hotel...@_@

a pic of ritz carlton
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zobara fort
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I really love these pics... esp. the fort - I have never seen this before (I did map and flag and the hotel - as I often watch "travelogues" about foreign countries candybar/nod.gif