Kaleidoscope Museum Project -Slovakia by Apple Chu

Rationale

applechu4054 — 2023-11-29 02:54:30 UTC

This Kaleidoscope project aims to preserve and save these rich, unique, and endangered cultures from Slovakia. In this project, I will be highlighting various aspects of Slovakia’s culture, such as food, music, festivals, fashion, tradition, etc. These interesting cultures were all formed and originated by people who lived in Slovakia thousands of years ago. Even though the culture of Slovakia is currently facing the threat of disappearance, as a member of this Kaleidoscope project, I seek to prevent these cultures.

Bryndzové halušky

applechu4054 — 2023-12-13 02:09:27 UTC

Bryndzové halušky is a traditional dish from Slovakia and is considered a national dish. It is a kind of potato dumpling with bacon. Originating from northern Slovakia, Bryndzové halušky has gained popularity among locals, Bryndzové halušky lovers create an annual Bryndzové halušky festival that includes an eating contest. Unlike pizza or pasta, which have become widely known in many countries, Bryndzové halušky remains relatively unknown outside of Slovakia. I hope to introduce this delicious Slovak dish to more people around the world.

https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/57890-bryndzove-halusky-slovakian-potato-dumplings-with-bryndza-cheese

Bryndzové Halušky recepie (video)

applechu4054 — 2023-12-13 02:25:17 UTC

This video will show you how to make Bryndzové Halušky and what it looks like.

Trdelnik

applechu4054 — 2023-12-13 02:57:18 UTC

Trdelnik a spindle cake, is a traditional dessert in Slovakia. It is made with flour, butter, sugar, egg yolks, yeast, milk, and walnuts. Trdelnik is made into a cylindrical shape and baked on wooden sticks. Trdelnik is very popular in almost all European countries, such as Czech, Austria, Poland, etc. Especially Czech, Trdelnik is super popular in Czech, you can see Trdelnik in almost all café shops. This causes lots of tourists to think that Trdelnik is actually a Czech dish, which is not true. It is very important to let everyone know that Trdelnik is a traditional desert from Slovakia not Czech.

https://euholidaycookbook.org/2023/11/20/slovakia/

Trdelnik (text based files)

applechu4054 — 2023-12-13 02:57:53 UTC

This news shows an example of tourists thinking that Trdelnik was from Czech, and a Czech was wearing a Trdelnik costume with "I AM NOT CZECH TRADITION".

Kapustnica

applechu4054 — 2023-12-13 03:13:33 UTC

Kapustnica is a traditional rustic soup in Slovakia, made into soup with different ingredients, including sauerkraut, potatoes, dried mushrooms, soaked meat, sausage, and onions. Lots of countries near Slovakia also have this kind of soup, but Slovaks have their special way of making it. Slovaks often eat it for Christmas Eve dinner, which makes it significant to them.

https://bratislavafoodtours.com/slovak-recipes-worth-taking-home-kapustnica-sauerkraut-soup/

Kofola

applechu4054 — 2023-12-13 03:19:14 UTC

Kofola is a drink from Slovakia and Czech, it is a kind of sparkling drink. Kofola tastes like cola added with herbs, it is very popular in Slovakia and Czech, almost every shop in Slovakia and Czech sells Kofola. Kofola is actually becoming a part of Slovak culture, because now almost every stores are selling Kofola.

https://www.kofola.cz/en/story-of-kofola

Vinea

applechu4054 — 2023-12-13 03:25:08 UTC

Vinea is a kind of sparkling drink from Slovakia, this drink is very important to Slovaks because it was invented in 1973 by a Slovak biochemist working on winemaking and grape planting. Vinea is made out of grapes, and made into grape lemonade and it tastes very sweet.

https://www.thisislocco.sk/en/work/vinea-zivot-vo-viniciach

Vinea

applechu4054 — 2023-12-13 03:28:45 UTC

This is the official website of Vinea, and shows different size of Vinea also different package of it.

Borovička

applechu4054 — 2023-12-13 04:35:41 UTC

Borovička is an alcoholic drink in Slovakia, it is made out of juniper berries. The drink itself is golden and it's very clear. This is also a popular drink in Slovakia and Czech. Wine culture in Slovakia is very important for them, drinking wine symbolizes happiness, so Slovaks often drink wine.

https://www.actahort.org/books/1274/1274_18.htm

Fujara

applechu4054 — 2023-12-14 04:55:06 UTC

Fujara is a Slovakia traditional instrument, it's large, and it's one of the instruments of the tabor pipe class. Fujara can be separated into 2 parts, the main tube and the short tube. The main tube is about 160-200cm, and the short tube is about 50-80cm, it's played by Slovak shepherds from the past. The sound produced by Fujara sounds meditative and deep, and it's not easy to learn. Fujara is an important and great but endangered piece of culture in Slovakia, it plays a very important role in Slovakia's music development. Fujara was listed in the Intangible Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO.

https://slovakia.travel/en/unesco-intangible-heritage-fujara

Fujara (video)

applechu4054 — 2023-12-14 04:56:35 UTC

This video will show you what Fujara is and how it work, the speaker will also demonstrate it, so you can hear what it sounds like

Liturgical song

applechu4054 — 2023-12-14 04:59:43 UTC

Slovakia is famous for its liturgical songs, liturgical songs were often sung in old Slavonic. Liturgical songs were formed by the time of Moravian. Lyrics of liturgical songs were often about praising the God they believe in. Liturgical songs are very important in the part of Slovak culture because the meaning of the song represents the love of Slovaks to their Gods.

https://gregoriana.sk/2010/04/eva-veselovska-medieval-church-music-sources-from-the-territory-of-slovakia/

Liturgical Song (audio)

applechu4054 — 2023-12-14 05:05:56 UTC

This audio shows you how traditional Slovak liturgical song sounds like

Konopa Konopa

applechu4054 — 2023-12-14 05:51:52 UTC

Konopa Konopa is a traditional folk song from Slovakia, almost all Slovaks know this song and how to sing it. This song is mostly about a love story a girl loving a boy and she secretly gets married to him and so on. Konopa Konopa is very important for all Slovaks, because this is a folk ballad of Slovakia, and it's lots of Slovaks' childhood memory.

https://pesnicky.orava.sk/noty?view=song&id=405

Konopa Konopa (audio)

applechu4054 — 2023-12-14 06:00:59 UTC

This is an audio of Slovaks singing Konopa Konopa

Albin Brunovsky

applechu4054 — 2023-12-14 06:06:31 UTC

Albin Brunovsky is one of the most famous artists in Slovakia. He was a graphic artist, painter, designer, and illustrator. One of his famous designs is Czechoslovak cash, he is one of the designers. His painting style belongs to the surrealism. Albin Brunovsky is very important to Slovakia, because he is a very famous artist, and his drawing influenced lots of other artists in Slovakia, and he also influenced the drawing style of Slovakia.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/albin-brunovsky-exposition-artblog

Albin Brunovsky (Photo Gallery)

applechu4054 — 2023-12-14 06:55:37 UTC

This is a photo gallery of Albin Brunovsky's art works

House signs

applechu4054 — 2023-12-27 02:45:33 UTC

House signs are a special small architecture in Slovakia. Slovak used to use house signs to separate houses in Kremnica, which is a village in Slovakia. House signs were usually made into human figures, foods, or animals. House signs are now very rare, but it's still a significant culture for Slovaks, it's full of history.

https://historycampus.org/2021/slovak-house-signs-little-pieces-of-endangered-art/

Lace-Making

applechu4054 — 2023-12-27 03:07:15 UTC

Slovak is good at lace-making. Lots of their traditional clothes were with lace or include lace. Lace making is very important to Slovaks, lace making was not just working for them, it represented a "labor of love". Lace is also somehow a kind of spiritual sustenance for Slovaks, and can also heal their negative feelings.

https://slovakia.travel/en/lace-making

Slovak

applechu4054 — 2023-12-27 03:17:48 UTC

Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, also a branch of Slavic languages. It is used the most in Slovakia, 76% of Slovak's mother language is Slovak. Lots of Slovak vocabs were from Latin and German, it belongs to the West Slavic branch of the Slavic family of Indo-European and has lots of dialects. The Slovak language is a very important piece of culture, it was formed years ago It has gone through many reforms to form the current Slovak language, and the background behind it can be traced back to a long time ago.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Slovak-language

Slovak(video)

applechu4054 — 2023-12-27 03:30:56 UTC

This video shows you some basic Slovak phrases, and how to pronounce and what does it mean.

Czech

applechu4054 — 2023-12-28 05:46:11 UTC

Czech is the official language of Czech, which is almost the same as Slovak. Almost all Slovak speakers can speak Czech, and almost all Czech speakers can speak Slovak. Czech and Slovak used to be combined with Czech. The Czech language was also very important to Slovakia because they were used to be combined with Slovak language, there's a deep relationship between these two languages and countries.

https://english.radio.cz/czech-and-slovak-languages-or-dialects-8771400

Magyar

applechu4054 — 2023-12-28 05:49:29 UTC

Magyar is the Hungarian language, which is the second most widely spoken language in Slovakia. Magyar is also very important to Slovakia, Magyar plays a very important role in maintaining the relationship between Slovakia and Hungary.

https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/110682/commentary_30.pdf

Carnival Season

applechu4054 — 2023-12-28 05:50:31 UTC

Carnival Season starts after the epiphany and finishes on Ash Wednesday, and this festival links up winter with spring. People who went to the festival would wear masks or interesting costumes and walk on the street. They also sing, dance, and play instruments together, this is a very important part of Slovak culture.

https://www.progress-index.com/story/entertainment/2023/10/04/prince-george-virginia-czech-and-slovak-folklife-festival-authentic-food-music-dance-free-admission/71054838007/

Apple Feast (video)

applechu4054 — 2024-01-02 05:03:51 UTC

This video will show you how Apple Feast in Slovakia it's like.

Apple Feast

applechu4054 — 2024-01-02 05:10:49 UTC

Apple Feast is a traditional festival in Slovakia that celebrates fine apples, people make lots of apple dishes, and will also attract apple fans from everywhere. Apples represent love beauty and wisdom, this is also a significant part in Slovaks culture

https://slovakia.travel/en/apple-feast

Festival of ghosts and monsters

applechu4054 — 2024-01-02 05:18:27 UTC

Festival of Ghosts and Monsters is a festival similar to Halloween and it's held during the break of April and May (during the 2 longer weekends) in Bojnice castle, visitors would wear special costumes to join. Slovaks believe that in this festival, they can met witches, vampires, or aliens, this is very special for them.

https://slovakia.travel/en/international-festival-of-spectres-and-ghosts

Romanesque architecture

applechu4054 — 2024-01-02 05:36:09 UTC

Romanesque architecture is a kind of architecture often seen in Slovakia. It is an architectural style of medieval Europe, and most of them have small windows, thick walls, round arches, and large towers. All Romanesque architecture was full of history and stories behind them, which is a precious piece of culture for Slovaks.

https://www.transromanica.com/region/central-slovakia/

Romanesque Architecture(slideshows)

applechu4054 — 2024-01-02 14:34:32 UTC

These slideshows would show you what is Romanesque Architecture and how it's like in Slovakia

Gothic architecture

applechu4054 — 2024-01-03 12:42:41 UTC

Slovakia is one of the countries that have a rich collection of Gothic architecture. Most Gothic architecture have pointed arches usually very thin and tall and fall of emotions. The Cathedral of St.Elizabeth is one of the famous Gothic architecture in Slovakia.

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20058018/gothic-treasures-across-slovakia.html

Gothic architecture(text based files)

applechu4054 — 2024-01-03 12:53:52 UTC

This news article will show you how famous and great the Gothic architecture in Košice region.

Wooden buildings

applechu4054 — 2024-01-04 00:12:54 UTC

Wooden buildings are Slovakia folk architecture. In čičmany, they use white paint to decorate, which also can prevent houses from warming up. The culture of these wooden houses can be traced back to the 13th, people learned to paint their houses with white paint to prevent heat.

https://transetno.eu/en/cicmany-drevenice

Football

applechu4054 — 2024-01-04 04:45:30 UTC

Football is one of the most popular sports played in Slovakia, there are lots of famous football players in Slovakia. Football really stands out in Slovaks' daily life, they really love playing football, and they have played lots of international football matches.

https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/national-associations/svk/

Ice Hockey

applechu4054 — 2024-01-04 04:46:38 UTC

Ice hockey is the most popular sport in Slovakia, almost all Slovaks know how to play. Ice hockey is also the best sport Slovaks play. Ice hockey is now becoming part of Slovak culture because all Slovaks love playing it and do very well in it.

https://www.hockeyslovakia.sk/en

Whitewater slalom

applechu4054 — 2024-01-04 04:47:57 UTC

Whitewater slalom is known as canoe slalom. Slovaks also play this sport very well.

https://www.canoeicf.com/canoe-slalom-world-championships/bratislava-2021

Kroj for Women

applechu4054 — 2024-01-04 04:50:10 UTC

Kroj is a Slovak folk costume for women which was influenced by Gothic style clothing, with shroud, sleeves, shirt, and hoop. Kroj is a very important culture in Slovakia. Nowadays, there are very few people who know this technology. Slovaks don’t wear them very much nowadays, but they will still wear kroj again on special festivals or celebrations, and kroj is gradually becoming more popular. Become a symbol of celebration.

https://littlebigslovakia.com/slovak-traditional-folk-costume-kroj/

Men's Folk Clothing

applechu4054 — 2024-01-04 04:51:25 UTC

Men's clothing in Slovakia is divided into linen and woven cloth and has linen trousers a shirt with a wide sleeve and an apron. Nowadays, men's folk clothing is only worn by men on special holidays, but it has become one of the very important cultures in Slovakia.

https://shsnepa.org/Folktales%20and%20Legends/History%20Tales/Slovak%20Folk%20Costumes.htm

Shawls and kerchiefs

applechu4054 — 2024-01-04 04:52:42 UTC

Shawls and kerchiefs are folk costumes in Slovakia, women would wear shawls and kerchiefs on their heads, and kids sometimes wear them too.

https://journals.openedition.org/civilisations/2369

Easter

applechu4054 — 2024-01-04 04:55:16 UTC

In Slovakia's Easter, men would whip women with sticks tied with ribbons, they believe this symbolizes vitality, and through this activity, men can interact with female vitality. Men believe dousing water on women will make women healthier and more fertile, and this also represents youth. Customs like Easter are still very common in the lives of Slovaks. This custom is very important to them, and such a symbol is indispensable in their Easter.

https://slovakia.travel/en/easter-whipping-or-bathing-march-or-april

Putting fish in the bathtub before Christmas

applechu4054 — 2024-01-04 04:58:28 UTC

Putting fish in the bathtub before Christmas is also one of the traditions Slovaks have. They believe that putting fish into a bathtub can change their luck, and eating fish during Christmas brings good luck, the fish are often served with potato salad. This culture brings Slovaks a big impact because they really believe in this tradition.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/christmas-carp

Drinking wine in the mountain

applechu4054 — 2024-01-04 04:59:59 UTC

Slovaks often bring wine when climbing mountains. Slovaks believe that drinking wine, especially herbal liquor in the mountains makes them healthy. This tradition is very important to them, because sometimes if they have some small diseases they would climb and drink on top of the mountain.

https://www.tatrabalsam.sk/en/history

Catholic

applechu4054 — 2024-01-04 05:09:02 UTC

Catholic is the most common religion in Slovakia, 62% of them are in the Latin church, and 4% of them are in the Greek Byzantine Catholic Church. Catholic was very important to Slovaks because religion is in their daily life, and many things are all connected to religion, like tradition.

https://www.catholic.sk/

No religion or Other religion

applechu4054 — 2024-01-04 05:22:59 UTC

23.8% of Slovaks don't believe in any religion. 10% of Slovaks believe in Christianity, and 1.2% believe in other religions. These religions are important to Slovakia's culture, because religion may change people's values or perspectives.

https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/slovakia/

Slavic Mythology

applechu4054 — 2024-01-04 05:25:39 UTC

Slavic Mythology is very popular in Slovakia, even some of the old Slovaks still believe in the Slavic myth. Slavic myth includes lots of Gods, including Perun, Veles, Svantevit, Chernobog, and Svarog. Slavic myth was a complex and precious piece of culture, which impacted Slovak's history. Slavic myth has a big impact on Slovakia, lots of Slovakia's history about Gods was related to Slavic mythology.

https://www.thecollector.com/slavic-mythology-creatures-myths/

Slovakia

applechu4054 — 2024-01-04 05:37:04 UTC

Albin Brunovsky(Biography)

applechu4054 — 2024-01-05 14:52:54 UTC

This is a website that shows all the main information about Albin Brunovsky.

Football-David Hancko(biography)

applechu4054 — 2024-01-05 15:40:45 UTC

This website would show David Hancko's biography.

Ice Hockey (interview)

applechu4054 — 2024-01-05 15:47:31 UTC

This is an inter view with a young Slovak ice hockey player

Kroj(slideshows)

applechu4054 — 2024-01-06 03:16:03 UTC

This ppt slideshow will show you some other details about female kroj

Kroj(video)

applechu4054 — 2024-01-06 03:18:28 UTC

This video will show you what Kroj looks like.

Easter(video)

applechu4054 — 2024-01-06 04:49:51 UTC

This video shows how Easter is like in Slovakia

Slavic Mythology (Photo Gallery)

applechu4054 — 2024-01-06 05:22:23 UTC

This photo gallery includes some Slavic Gods and Goddess

applechu4054 — 2024-01-06 13:59:39 UTC

Scan this qr code and press view pdf to see my references.