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Xipe Totec

(44,589 posts) Mon Nov 17, 2025, 06:35 PM Nov 2025

Why I hate the Czech Easter tradition

"Czech Easter: the tradition that horrifies foreigners who hear about it for the first time. Over here we call it "pomlázka, šmigrust, velikonoce". I didn't add any videos of it here, but I'm sure you'll be able to find them with a simple search. This tradition is also practiced in Slovakia and some other countries. Each region has its specifics, but the core of it stays the same: it's degrading and hurtful towards women. Let me tell you a bit more about it in the video as I draw a sketchbook page themed around Czech Easter, paint some eggs, and introduce you to the Easter illustration I drew last year."

- Lucie Ell

I leave it here without comment.

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Why I hate the Czech Easter tradition (Original Post) Xipe Totec Nov 2025 OP

There would be a few men at my house soaked in moonshine and lit afire. BComplex Nov 2025 #1

Sounds like an argument for the second amendment... GopherGal Nov 2025 #2

BComplex

(9,959 posts)

1. There would be a few men at my house soaked in moonshine and lit afire.

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Mon Nov 17, 2025, 06:43 PM

Nov 2025

Not really. They would never be allowed in.
I don't think that's a great tradition.

GopherGal

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2. Sounds like an argument for the second amendment...

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:53 PM

Nov 2025

A little "stand your ground" law violence in response might slow 'em down a little.

But the misogyny is pretty universal in Western culture, isn't it.

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