First of May

First of May

is the Czech equivalent of Valentine's Day. The most common custom is to kiss your love one under the cherry or birch tree in bloom. Superstition says that a girl who has not been kissed on May 1 under a blooming tree dries out in a year. With this tradition is associated a significant Czech poem by Karel Hynek Macha “May”. During this day people build so-called "májka", which is the symbol of this day a decorated conifer. May 1 is the Labor Day and it celebrates the anniversary of the end The World War II. [15]