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WOMENS‘ HOLIDAYS

Women‘s day

• 8th March

• Women celebrate theiremancipation

• Their husbands andchildren give them gifts

Mother‘s day

• 25th March

• Only children giveflowers and chocolateto their mums

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EASTER

• Once in March or April (5th April)• Easter Monday is a non-working day• People go to church in the evening before

Easter and in the morning on Easter Day• People visit their family and friends• Dishes:

• Ham• Horseradish• Pirhi (colored eggs)• Potica (roll with walnuts/tarragon/

coconut…)

THE DAY OF UPRISING AGAINST OCCUPATION

• 27th April

• Non- working day

• In 1941 the Liberation Front was established in Ljubljana. It was the main resistance organisationduring the World War II.

• Celebrations take place all over Slovenia

INTERNATIONAL WORKING DAY

• 1st and 2nd May

• Non- working days since 1946

• People celebrate working rights

• People meet on tops of hills and burn bonfires

• Some wear red carnations

• Country celebrations