i was wondering In Czech republic is there any day that is similiar to the American holiday of costumes and trickeryknown as Halloween, or old Hallows Eve?
No not really. They have balls where people dress up in costumes though...cuz when i lived there as a little kid I went to little fun activities and i would dress up and stuff. but in some schools they celebrate halloween.
Let's see: 1) In the Halloween time, there is little fun. On the 2nd November, people visit graves of their relatives, light candles and remember them. It is usually very nice, visiting a graveyard in the evening, when every grave is covered with burning candles, but certainly not a funny time. 2) As Stephanie pointed out, there are costume balls in late winter / early spring. When kids dress into costumes, it is called "karneval", when the adults do so, it is "maškarní bál" (masquerade ball). And, in some regions, there is so called "masopust", when people wear crazy costumes and parade through the village. You can read more about masopust at this very site. P.S. Do you know, why programmers celebrate Christmas on Halloween? Because 31 0ct = 25 Dec.
do you ever have a day that you play tricks on people without dressing up then, like april fool's day?
I think it`s a question of time when this holiday/celebration will take root in the CR. If it had stayed only with the Irish I would be less than certain, but "now" that it has been exported to America, Czechs will do anything to follow this custom. Whatever sells, takes place in America is goddam good. UK bands have to sell in America to earn international prestige.
