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Explaining Christian Symbols of Christmas to Children in After-school care centre
KEJVALOVÁ, Lenka
Bachalor thesis titled Approaching of Christian symbols of Christmas to children in after-school club deals with putting into the general issue of symbols and rituals. Further it focuses on the main symbols, rituals and festivals during Advent and Christmas. In the practical part it describes a method of silence, which helps better understanding of their meaning. It also deals with application of this method of silence and explanation of the deeper meaning of the major symbols of Christmas to children in after-school club.
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Serbian krsna slava in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Skenderija, Ivana ; Bittnerová, Dana (advisor) ; Zandlová, Markéta (referee)
This thesis focuses on issues of multi-layered identities within a social space. It analyzes ritual (or ceremony) as one of the codified displays of culture within which collective ideas and attitudes regarding identity are manifested, shared, and strengthened. Bosnian Serbs - due to political and social change - were forced to redefine their position in society, as well as their (collective) identities and social ties. Slava is a fundamental ritual seen as an attribute of "Serbianness", and in the context of this study, manifests itself as an indicator of establishment and validity of collective identities. Slava is a traditional celebration practiced by Orthodox believers in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Bulgary, Albania, and Macedonia. It is a festivity of either a family, village, or local church patron. At the center of this research will be an individual slava of a family patron saint, krsna slava, or krsno ime. For Bosnian Serbs, krsna slava is currently a revitalized ritual concurring with local tradition and convening with social ambitions of current inhabitants in the region (otherwise it would not be revitalized). The pertinence of this research subject is given by the nature of ritual itself as it is founded on collective sharing and the manifestation of common ideas1 ....
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Celebrations and Traditions in Present Family with Preschool Children
SHORNÁ, Blanka
The target of this bachelor thesis is to find out what holidays and festivals are kept in the family with pre-school children nowadays. It also focuses on the form the fesivals and holidays are celebrated. The theoretical part provides the characteristics of particular festivals and holidays during the year. These special occasions can be understood as festive rituals containing a lot of values for further lifetime. Another part ot the thesis deals with the family, mainly its socializing and educational functions, which is directly related to passing the traditions on other generations. The practical part gives the description of the results of the qualitative research carried out with parents of pre-school children. This investigative survey contributed to the finding which festivals and holidays are currently celebrated and how. The contribution of this finding is a deeper understanding of the modern family and its application in pre-school education which supplements the family care.
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The influence of folk culture, traditions and customs to children education and their application in dramatic education
MRÁZOVÁ, Vlasta
The thesis presents the infuence of folk culture to children education. Theoretical part presents history of relate tradions of folk culture with basic part of folk. There is also summary and description of several traditions, customs and feast through the folk year. The second part devote of tradition folk culture in school education and leisure education in present and in historical changes of schools. Practical part attempts find possibility application of tradition folk culture in dramatic education. Creative project gets acquainted children with history and meaning customs called "Openin the well". Aim of project is motivate members of folk dance group to practise and present of this custom.
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Folk customs of South Bohemia: Have they a chance to survive in new millennium?
MARHOUNOVÁ, Jitka
The work deals with folk customs of South Bohemia, if they have a chance to survive in new millenium. At the beginning I define the origin of folk customs, then I give an overview of religious and secular feasts and defference between custom, saying and superstition. The main part includes the description of specific feast days. Usually there is an explanation of the feast day origin, possible modification, which happenned during ages and what they look like today. Then the thesis brings customs description, which refer to this feast day. The feast days are ordered according to flow of the year from beginning of the year until the end. The aim is to find out, which reasons lead to the fact, folk customs slowly die out and options, ho to prevent it.
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