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Wind instruments and a popular atmosphere linked to Czech and Moravian dechovka
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czechsonline 25/01/2026 11 min read Culture and Traditions

Dechovka: the brass band music that gave voice to Czech life

Dechovka is one of the most recognisable forms of Czech and Moravian popular music: polkas, waltzes, marches, singable melodies and a warm sound built around wind instruments. Born from the meeting of military bands, local traditions, associational life and village festivals, it has crossed the nine...
Dechovka Polka Moravia Wind music Czech music
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Rusalka, water creature of Slavic folklore
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czechsonline 19/01/2026 13 min read Culture and Traditions

Rusalka: the water creature between Slavic folklore, opera and the European imagination

Rusalka is one of the most fascinating figures in Slavic folklore: water spirit, lost woman, nymph, ghost, seductive and unsettling creature. In popular tradition she changes from region to region: she may be linked to fertility, premature death, rivers, lakes, woods or fields. Her modern fame owes ...
Rusalka Dvořák Opera Mythology Slavic folklore
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Vodník near a Czech pond, among willows and an old mill
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czechsonline 18/01/2026 12 min read Culture and Traditions

Vodník: the restless lord of Czech waters

Vodník is one of the most recognisable figures of the Czech imagination: he lives in ponds, rivers, and mills, keeps the souls of the drowned, and shifts between a dangerous demon, a household water spirit, and an almost fairy-tale character. His story crosses folklore, literature, music, and modern...
Czech folklore Kytice Czech legends Water spirits Vodník
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Czech legendary figures among water, forests, mountains, and Prague
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czechsonline 17/01/2026 8 min read Culture and Traditions Free

Czech Legendary Figures: Water, Woods, Mountains, and Old Folk Fears

Czech legends are not just stories for children: they are a simple, often powerful way in which a culture has given shape to its fears, landscapes, and everyday rules. From Vodník to the Golem, through Čert, Ježibaba, Rusalka, Polednice, and Krakonoš, these figures reveal a Czech world of ponds, for...
Folklore Golem Czech culture Czech legends Vodník
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Czech words that became international
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czechsonline 14/01/2026 6 min read Culture and Traditions Free

Czech words that travelled the world

Some words born in the Czech lands have become so familiar that they feel as if they had always been international: robot, pilsner, polka, kolache, howitzer, Semtex. Others, such as dollar, are not Czech words in the strict sense, but pass through Bohemian places and coins. This article follows thei...
Language Etymology Bohemia Czech words Culture
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Mug of Czech beer with foam, Žatec hops and a traditional hospoda atmosphere
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czechsonline 12/01/2026 10 min read Culture and Traditions Free

Czech beer: the history, technique and culture of the “pivo”

Czech beer is not just a famous drink: it is everyday history, technical know-how, local identity and social habit. This article explains the origin of the word pivo, the Bohemian brewing tradition, the birth of pilsner, the main Czech beer types, the meaning of 10°, 11° and 12°, and recent consumpt...
Culture Pivo Pilsner Czechia Beer
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