School events
School-leaving party
Board of student´s photos
Off-school events
World animal day
The white crayon -
the art of living in the dark
A visit of the theatre
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Private life
What is the Slovak
family like?
Weddings
Fashion
Hair-do
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The general desire for democracy in Slovakia in the last decade has
meant in the minds of the Slovaks above all the possibilities to realize
their potential and desires, rights, longings and opportunities. But
democracy implies not only the rights but also the duties, and thus it
recalls also a citizen discipline and a firm and upright attitude to the
problem solving.
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The development of lifestyle in Slovakia has been influenced mainly by
the arising of possibilities to gain virtually anything. If we take into
consideration a huge transfer of property from the state to the private
hands, formation of politics, various structures and elites, the overall
change in the hierarchy of values prevailing in the Slovak society, we
get the picture of a complete economic turn and a lifestyle change in
Slovakia.
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The economic power finding its expression in the financial dimension of
property has been currently put on the main pedestal in dealing with
society’s problems. At the second place we meet with the efforts to get
rich “at any price”. Meanwhile only a few ponder on their responsibility
connected with the administration of the gained property.
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These facts shape very negatively the lifestyle in the Slovak Republic.
A dividing line has been set up between those who can afford everything
because of their extraordinary solvency and those subjected to the laws
who have a feeling of alienation because the law regulations and
structures along with the state power instruments treat them in the same
“just” way as it used to be the case in the past
All this affects very strongly the changes in lifestyle in Slovakia.
Various factors affect the lifestyle in Slovakia, not only the
transformation of ownership but along with other things the business
ethics in particular. On this background it is highly topical to develop
a humane approach in dealing with the possibilities of life needs
solving among all groups of the society so that the Slovak Republic
become a really humane market economy society within the European Union
structures. The underestimation of problems solving as well as a further
deferment of life improvement of the Slovak citizens would indirectly
and fruitlessly lead to an ineffective economy as well as to
a criminalization and corruption of the whole society - and this is not
actually desired by anyone.
The lifestyle in Slovakia stems from the Christian traditions of saint
Cyril and Methodius. The lifestyle of citizens in lowland and
mountainous areas, living predominantly in towns and cities, but also in
the countryside, is influenced by the position of Slovakia in the heart
of Europe. It is marked, as anywhere in the world, by everyday joys,
sorrows and worries. It depends solely to which part of society one
belongs to, whether they are employed, how solvent they are and what
their interests and social aims are.
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The overall majority of the Slovak citizens keep a regular routine of
working week consisting of an early get-up, morning hygiene, breakfast,
travelling to work and school, actual mostly eight and a half-hour
working activity, after-work errands, travelling back home to the house
or apartment, preparation of a dinner, evening television watching,
evening and sleeping.
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The history teaches us that Slovaks in consequence of their lifestyle
have always been diligent, adaptable, inventive and hospitable. They
were able to overcome the society’s tremors very fast and therefore they
lived within the community of European nations in principle at
a relatively high level of living standards. The relax of people in
their leisure time and during their work leaves has mainly an active
character. Its forms are particularly the work in the garden, house,
apartment or vehicle maintenance and likewise. A passive form of relax
is rather an exception as a rule
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That´s why the Slovaks have always been a sought and recognized
workforce. Their potential to succeed in the world is well-known. Their
culture of living is characterised by clean, architecturally stylish and
well-maintained interiors and exterior surroundings. The hygiene of food
processing has always been at a high level. The public places of
residential zones, and in the last years the surroundings of companies
and factories, too, have been embellished by planting the greening,
mostly ornamental shrubs and flowers in the park arrangement. In the
last years some cultural monuments, historic cores of towns and tourist
resorts have been restored and elevated as well.The specific lifestyle
in Slovakia can be divided in terms of historical development,
characteristic natural settings, particular spirit of landscape and a
broad range of folk traditions by different regions like, for instance,
Záhorie, Orava, Kysuce, Liptov, Šariš, Zemplín and likewise. The
lifestyle of population and the preservation of cultural traditions have
kept its characteristic features which have been always admired within
the tourist industry, until now in particular at the exhibitions
throughout the world or at typical cultural events in the advanced
countries of the world. By a high educational level of the population in
Slovakia is the standard of living relatively high. Thus the Slovaks
with their lifestyle have always been a part of and belonged to Europe
such as Europe has always been a part of and belonged to Slovakia. |