STORY: Dressed in traditional attire from the eastern part of the country, they walked to houses and drenched women with buckets of water. The women are also softly whipped with a whip made from thin ...

Slovak traditions surrounding the moveable Easter holiday are quite unique: unlike Anglo-Saxon or other European rituals, men pour cold water on women and lash them with willow osiers. For this, they ...

Easter has returned to Slovakia. Boys can pour water on girls and whip them on Easter Monday again after two years of having to stay at home due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Canadian Naomi Hužovičová was ...

Facts & Arguments is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide. As a child I was regularly whipped by males. Every Easter Monday ...

Easter Monday traditions in Czech & Slovak villages. ... In neighboring country Slovakia, the men pour water on the women and girls, sort of like the “bucket challenge” here., ...

STORY: Dressed in traditional attire from the eastern part of the country, they walked to houses and drenched women with buckets of water. The women are also softly whipped with a whip made from thin ...

Europe. Men pour water on women in a Slovak Easter tradition. April 11, 2025. Local men revived a Slovak Easter tradition on Monday (April 10) by pouring water on women to celebrate the holiday ...