Green Thursday: Different shades of green
Green Thursday ahead of Good Friday starts the Easter festivities in Slovakia. On this very day, we pay special attention to the colour green especially in our diet.
Green Thursday ahead of Good Friday starts the Easter festivities in Slovakia. On this very day, we pay special attention to the colour green especially in our diet.
The Thursday ahead of Easter is named green Thursday in Slovak tradition. The tradition rules us to eat something green like spinach, peas or green onion.
How do Slovaks decorate their Easter eggs? Actually, you can find out also in Upstate New York.
On 29th March, 1993, Radio Slovakia International made Slovakia heard to the world for the first time in English, German, French and Russian. Many of our listeners were awaiting this date, since t ...
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