I'm really late with this video because it was such a pain to finish it and I also got sick during the process but I wanted to release it anyway. I'll focus on The Witcher again for now.
Dziady... one of my favorite sad holidays, where the dead are treated with absolute respect. We don't have fun like Americans, mocking death and the dead. My husband and I, from the evening when the sun goes down, leave gifts in the kitchen for lost souls: charlock (to cleanse from the worst sins), honey, cake (which we eat the next day) and of course a glass of alcohol. We don't give them a big feast, but we light a candle for them and wish them a safe journey in the afterlife. The Day of the Dead is a day of reflection, visiting graves, feeling sad after the loss of a family member, a very depressing time... but very necessary to appreciate life while you still have it.
Nasi przodkowie starożytni Słowianie byli radzi, że ich zmarli są w raju, a tym co jeszcze się do nie nie dostali pomagali bo byli guślarze i żercy co odsyłali dusze w zaświaty
As a Czech women whose family immigrated elsewhere and grew up outside of Czechia your channel is a valuable educational source and makes me feel closer to my ancestry. It's hard to find information on folk traditions that are in English so I really appreciate it. Please never stop!
Thank you 🙂 I'm currently working on a video about an old Czech folk story with creepy atmosphere that you might enjoy 😉 I hope to finish it by Thursday.
I find it interesting that even though most of these customs are not practised anymore, saying "carried feet first" is still a commonly used and understood euphemism for dying.
Dušičky is my most favourite tradition of all. Also i find the concept of this channel very interesting. Thank you for the believe that our culture is interesting enough to show it to the world. We often forgot about it.
Thank you for making these videos! I have Czech ancestry. Learning about Czech culture and folk traditions from your videos is of great value to me. Please know that your TH-cam videos are so very appreciated.
Great video. However, I think that the "Czech and Slavic" title can be a bit misleading, since many people may think that it suggest that Czechs are not Slavs, that they are Germanic nation or something. If the tradition is limited to Czechia, it is Czech. If it is from Czechia and Slovakia, it is Czechoslovak. If Czechs, Slovaks and Poles celebrate it, then it will be Western Slavic. And if other Slavic regions and nations are involved, then it is just Slavic.
Thanks. The problem with folklore is that you usually can't neatly separate things in different categories because they often overlap even though they have their own distinctive features at the same time. I think that it's clear enough from the video and everybody should hopefully understand what I mean by the title if they'll watch the video.
I just discovered your channel today because I was researching the drowning of Morana for my current novel. I am writing a series of novels, set in Prague, which incorporate aspects of Czech myth and history, ancient and recent. Not published yet, but I'm now at the end of the first draft of book #3. I would love to get in touch - your videos seem to have some of the same themes. Is there a way we can make contact? This is for real - not a scam.
USA is a country when nobody has anything everything is stolen even Halloween was stolen and origins of the festivity were different. Irish had all these costumes to confuse demons. They had some respect for them they never mocked them for they didn't want to anger them or God (afterall vanity is a sin). I also I have a feeling they weren't terririzing people over sweets
I'm really late with this video because it was such a pain to finish it and I also got sick during the process but I wanted to release it anyway. I'll focus on The Witcher again for now.
Hey! Nice to see you again, thanks for the material! I wish you a nice second half of the week! 🙂
@@fafiklata Thanks 🙂 Likewise 😉
Dziady... one of my favorite sad holidays, where the dead are treated with absolute respect. We don't have fun like Americans, mocking death and the dead. My husband and I, from the evening when the sun goes down, leave gifts in the kitchen for lost souls: charlock (to cleanse from the worst sins), honey, cake (which we eat the next day) and of course a glass of alcohol. We don't give them a big feast, but we light a candle for them and wish them a safe journey in the afterlife.
The Day of the Dead is a day of reflection, visiting graves, feeling sad after the loss of a family member, a very depressing time... but very necessary to appreciate life while you still have it.
Nasi przodkowie starożytni Słowianie byli radzi, że ich zmarli są w raju, a tym co jeszcze się do nie nie dostali pomagali bo byli guślarze i żercy co odsyłali dusze w zaświaty
As a Czech women whose family immigrated elsewhere and grew up outside of Czechia your channel is a valuable educational source and makes me feel closer to my ancestry. It's hard to find information on folk traditions that are in English so I really appreciate it. Please never stop!
Thank you 🙂 I'm currently working on a video about an old Czech folk story with creepy atmosphere that you might enjoy 😉 I hope to finish it by Thursday.
I look forward it! ❤
I find it interesting that even though most of these customs are not practised anymore, saying "carried feet first" is still a commonly used and understood euphemism for dying.
"Pour one out." is also still done to this day.
Awesome thank you for the great video very informative and important.
Thank you. I'm glad you like it 🙂
Dušičky is my most favourite tradition of all. Also i find the concept of this channel very interesting. Thank you for the believe that our culture is interesting enough to show it to the world. We often forgot about it.
Very interesting. I'm fascinated by these customs and traditions. Thank you for your hard work in making this video.
Thank you for making these videos! I have Czech ancestry. Learning about Czech culture and folk traditions from your videos is of great value to me. Please know that your TH-cam videos are so very appreciated.
Thank you so much ❤️
Great video. However, I think that the "Czech and Slavic" title can be a bit misleading, since many people may think that it suggest that Czechs are not Slavs, that they are Germanic nation or something. If the tradition is limited to Czechia, it is Czech. If it is from Czechia and Slovakia, it is Czechoslovak. If Czechs, Slovaks and Poles celebrate it, then it will be Western Slavic. And if other Slavic regions and nations are involved, then it is just Slavic.
Thanks. The problem with folklore is that you usually can't neatly separate things in different categories because they often overlap even though they have their own distinctive features at the same time. I think that it's clear enough from the video and everybody should hopefully understand what I mean by the title if they'll watch the video.
Great video - hope you're on the mend!
Yeah, almost recovered. Thanks 🙂
I just discovered your channel today because I was researching the drowning of Morana for my current novel. I am writing a series of novels, set in Prague, which incorporate aspects of Czech myth and history, ancient and recent. Not published yet, but I'm now at the end of the first draft of book #3. I would love to get in touch - your videos seem to have some of the same themes. Is there a way we can make contact? This is for real - not a scam.
You can contact me at folkwalkcz@gmail.com
Hmm, try explaining the folk traditions to the Netflix crowd, lol. Even CD Project Red is going woke, sing hallelujah, sing ESG scores. :)
USA is a country when nobody has anything everything is stolen even Halloween was stolen and origins of the festivity were different. Irish had all these costumes to confuse demons. They had some respect for them they never mocked them for they didn't want to anger them or God (afterall vanity is a sin). I also I have a feeling they weren't terririzing people over sweets
lol, the profile picture says it ALL! Chujamuja hallelujah...
Big Corpo Geralt is our savior, prasie! (👀omg i think i've gone woke too!)
karolina ma racje! 🤠
goddam 'mericans...
;( p.s. karolina wzięła i zabrała klocki, a kładź na to lachę next time dziewczyno! 🤷♀
@@justaquietpeacefuldance were you drunk? :)
@@Film_Sushi like a skunk!
Duszyczki? omw Czech language :3 Well, dziad is not exactly "forefather" but more like "old prick" in modern Polish ;)
thanks Folk.
Why do you call it Czach and Slavic traditions? Aren't Czech slavic too?
Yes, but some of these customs were done specifically in our country while others throughout all of the Slavic countries.