Earth Day Series | Beautiful, Historic Špania Dolina

Photo by Milan Hlôška

A beautiful view of Špania Dolina, Slovakia. This 13th Century church sits gently above a 160 step climb overlooking the valley. Špania Dolina is a historic mining town known for eyelet lace and woven riečička coarse thread. If you're fortunate, you may find village women who will demonstrate this regional craft. For more on Špania Dolina, see Milan Hlôška's story here. Interested in visiting this location or other Central European destinations? Contact seepsro@yahoo.com.

Easter Sunday in Torysky, Slovakia (Video) | Christos Voskrese - Veľká Noc

The Sustainable Environmental and Economic Partnership and Tour Central Europe hope those who celebrated had a wonderful and blessed Easter holiday. Enjoy this glimpse into a Rusyn church celebration in Torysky, Slovakia.

Slovak Easter Folk Art - Woven Willow Whips and Straw Eggs

 

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Slovak Easter traditions are definitely quite unique! They basically consist of guys chasing girls around with switches weaved from willow branches and also pouring buckets of cold water on them. The girls then reward the guys with beautiful decorated Easter eggs, and other treats like home-made kolache and shots of slivovica, the East-European plum brandy.

Source: http://www.slovakcooking.com/2011/blog/slovak-folk-art/