spring holidays in slovenia -...
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WOMENS‘ HOLIDAYS
Women‘s day
• 8th March
• Women celebrate theiremancipation
• Their husbands andchildren give them gifts
Mother‘s day
• 25th March
• Only children giveflowers and chocolateto their mums
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EASTER
• Once in March or April (5th April)• Easter Monday is a non-working day• People go to church in the evening before
Easter and in the morning on Easter Day• People visit their family and friends• Dishes:
• Ham• Horseradish• Pirhi (colored eggs)• Potica (roll with walnuts/tarragon/
coconut…)
THE DAY OF UPRISING AGAINST OCCUPATION
• 27th April
• Non- working day
• In 1941 the Liberation Front was established in Ljubljana. It was the main resistance organisationduring the World War II.
• Celebrations take place all over Slovenia
INTERNATIONAL WORKING DAY
• 1st and 2nd May
• Non- working days since 1946
• People celebrate working rights
• People meet on tops of hills and burn bonfires
• Some wear red carnations
• Country celebrations