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Chodsko folklore

Folklore pilgrimage and other folklore events

PILGRIMAGESfestive events where believers meet at a gala Mass at important pilgrimage sites. Women dress up in national costumes and special pastries are made.Pilgrimage in Dobrá Voda near Draženov (on the feast of the Virgin Mary Helpful, the last Sunday in May)Pilgrimage at Tannaberk (1st Sunda ...

Chodsko folk festival

During a fire in 1683, Domažlice councilmen promised that if the city were saved, they would build a small church on a hill above the city. This promise however remained unfulfilled, so townswoman Zuzana Veselá later had the chapel built out of gratitude for recovering from an ailment. It was con ...

Chodsko folk costume

The Chodsko area is on of the few Czech regions where people dress in folk costumes - if not on a weekday, then certainly at Sunday morning church. Almost all the locals come to the fair in a folk costume: the men have dark blue vests over white embroidered shirts, yellow pants, white stockings a ...

Chodsko kolaches (cakes)

Kolaches are sold today in shops and restaurants year round, but they were traditionally only baked during fairs and festivals: thus in each village, to mark the church´s consecration and the fest day of its patron saint (the terms may or ma not match). Chodsko region women have special wooden ko ...

Ceramics

After the Thirty Years War, the Chodsko region became a pottery-making region, mainly in Domažlice, Hostouň and Koloveč. Local products became popular, and ceramics from here decorate many Czech homes and those of our neighbors, considered traditional by now. This is especially true in the case o ...

Music

The Chodsko people care quite well for their musical tradition. Domažlice is a bagpipe music center. Konrády´s Bagpipe Music and Domažlice´s Bagpipe band are the best-known bands, but every village features music and dance groups. The most popular are Mrákov and Postřekov Folklore Group,and Haltr ...

Bobbin lace work and kanafas (cotton fabric)

Postřekov was a famed production center of course cotton bed sheeting and lace embroidery. Luckily, bed sheeting production still thrives, and the local waving plant features and shop for browsing and buying. Lace was made at home, requiring great skill and patience, thus, this art is difficult t ...