4K Prague walk - Burning of the witches - Čarodějnice - Walpurgis Night 🇨🇿 Czech Republic - ASMR HDR

Today, in our 4K Prague walk, we will visit the holiday "The Burning of the Witches" - "Čarodějnice," which traditionally takes place in the Czech Republic on April 30, on the eve of Walpurgis Night, where everyone fries sausages together, drink beer and have fun! The celebration ends with a massive fire on which the puppet will burn. 30 April is Pálení čarodějnic ('Burning of the witches') or Čarodějnice ('The witches') in the Czech Republic. Huge bonfires up to 8 meters (26 ft) tall with a witch figure are built and burnt in the evening, preferably on top of hills. Young people gather around. Sudden black and dense smoke formations are cheered as "a witch flying away." An effigy of a witch is held up and thrown into a bonfire to burn.[1] It is customary to burn a puppet representing a witch on the bonfire in some places. It is still a widespread feast in the Czech Republic, practiced since pagan times. As evening advances to midnight and fire is on the wane, it is time to search for a cherry tree in blossom. This is another feast connected with 1 May. Young women should be kissed past midnight (and during the following day) under a blossoming cherry (or, if unavailable, another blossoming) tree, as they "will not dry up" for an entire year.[citation needed] The First of May is celebrated then as "the day of those in love," in reference to the famous incipit of the poem Máj by Karel Hynek Mácha. Walpurgis Night an abbreviation of Saint Walpurgis Night (from the German Sankt-Walpurgisnacht [zaŋkt valˈpʊʁɡɪsˌnaxt]), also known as Saint Walpurga's Eve (alternatively spelled Saint Walburga's Eve), is the eve of the Christian feast day of Saint Walpurga, an 8th-century abbess in Francia, and is celebrated on the night of 30 April and the day of 1 May. This feast commemorates the canonization of Saint Walpurga and the movement of her relics to Eichstätt, both of which occurred on 1 May 870. Saint Walpurga was hailed by the Christians of Germany for battling "pest, rabies, and whooping cough, as well as against witchcraft". Christians prayed to God through the intercession of Saint Walpurga in order to protect themselves from witchcraft, as Saint Walpurga was successful in converting the local populace to Christianity. In parts of Europe, people continue to light bonfires on Saint Walpurga's Eve in order to ward off evil spirits and witches. Others have historically made Christian pilgrimages to Saint Walburga's tomb in Eichstätt on the Feast of Saint Walburga, often obtaining vials of Saint Walburga's oil. It is suggested that Walpurgis Night is linked with older May Day festivals in northern Europe, which also involved lighting bonfires at night, for example the Gaelic festival Beltane. Local variants of Walpurgis Night are observed throughout Northern and Central Europe in the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Lithuania, Finland, and Estonia. In Finland, Denmark and Norway, the tradition with bonfires to ward off the witches is observed as Saint John's Eve, which commemorates the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist. Recorded in 4k 60fps HDR Perception Philosophy © 2022 30th April 2022 Czech Republic ASMR HDR Europe travel 2022