Welcome to the course
Extra Webinars
January
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What will be explored?
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Olden Days Podcast / Vampires and Household Demons
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A personality profile / Adam František Kollár: The Councilor to the Queen
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Slovak Dancebook / The Fiery Czardás (4:40)
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Vignette / Folk embroidery: From Slavic symbols to emblems of nature
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A folk recipe / Holubky: Stuffed cabbage leaves from Zemplín
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A place & its legend / The great falcon and a dead baby (2:38)
February
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What will be explored?
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Olden days podcast / Zabíjačka: Traditional pig killing
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A personality profile Anna Jurkovičová
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Gorals: Shells from Arabs and stories of great adventures (1:45)
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Slovak dancebook / Polka (6:29)
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A place & its legend / Pieniny: A tale of seven monks (2:59)
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A folk recipe / Mutton and bean stew
March
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What will be explored?
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The olden days podcast / My home is my castle: How did our ancestors live
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A place & its legend Košice: Hollow stone, murder & witches (4:45)
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A personality profile / Jozef Miloslav Hurban
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Vignette / A dress code for mourning
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Slovak dancebook / Mazurka (6:01)
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A folk recipe / Spring nettle stew
April
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What will be explored?
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The olden days podcast / Our land, our everything
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A personality profile / Ján Juraj Rainer
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Vignette / Amerikáni
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Slovak dancebook / Palicový: Show your manhood (4:58)
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A place & its legend / The Tatras: Mountain giants (4:11)
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A folk recipe / Úhrabky: A surprising twist on traditional ingredients
May
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What will be explored?
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Personality/ Margit Slachta
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The Olden Days / Being a Woman: What was it like to be a lady at the turn of 19th and 20th centuries
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Vignette / A story of the parta (3:30)
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A Place & its legend / The fairy of Štrbské Pleso (2:26)
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Slovak dancebook / Chorovod (4:15)
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A folk recipe / Strákoše
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Webinar/ The Odyssey of the Czechoslovak Legionnaires (89:15)
June
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What will be explored?
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The olden days /The place to be seen: Markets and fairs
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Vignette / Detva: When a king ordered the people to cut their shirts
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Personality / Ján Francisci
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A place & its legend Why is Kriváň crooked? (3:06)
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Slovak Dancebook / The Hat Dance (6:58)
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A folk recipe / Cabbage fritters
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Webinar
July
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What will be explored?
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The olden days / Born like a true Slovak: Childbirth customs and rituals
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Sown into kroj/ The bountiful lands and rough landscapes
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Personality / Mária Bellová: The first female doctor
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A place & its legend /The White Lady of Levoča (3:35)
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Slovak dancebook / Karička: A dance with ancient roots (4:53)
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A folk recipe / Apple pie filled with sweet memories
August
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What will be explored?
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The olden days podcast Crossing over: Death and the final passage
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Sown into kroj / How a kroj was made
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Personality / Imrich Karvaš: The banker who defied Hitler
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A place & its legend Strečno/ Murder and jealousy (3:34)
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Slovak dancebook / Gypsies: A myth in dance (5:44)
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A folk recipe / Simple caraway soup
September
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What will be explored?
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The olden days podcast / The craftsman and the farmer: How our forefathers earned a living
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A personality profile /Anton Bernolák: A poet, priest and rebel
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Vignette/ Highwaymen style: Dress like Jánošík
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A place & its legend / The quest for the treasure of Juraj Jánošík (3:38)
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Slovak dancebook / Odzemok: The dance of shepherds & outlaws (6:53)
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A folk recipe / Flatbread filled with cabbage
October
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What will be explored?
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The olden days podcast / Day in and day out: A day in the life of our ancestors
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A personality profile / Žofia Bosniaková: Slovak Mother Theresa
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Vignette / Myjava: Beauty in simplicity
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Slovak dancebook / Verbunk: Dancing army recruits (2:57)
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A place & its legend / Ružomberok and the mystery of the Templars (3:43)
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A folk recipe / Plum dumplings
November
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What will be explored?
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The olden days podcast / Coming to the world and being a child
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A personality profile / Jozef Karol Hell: A guardian of miners’ lives
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Vignette / Bonnets of married ladies
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Slovak dancebook / Krucena: whirling away (6:14)
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A place & its legend Slanec / An Empress and a Scribe (4:59)
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A folk recipe / Rabbit stew Paprikash
December
