One of the prettiest places I worked in while living in Slovakia was the village of Svätý Jur. I was employed for a great school called Academia Istropolitana Nova and worked as a teacher simultaneously there and in Bratislava. While working in Svätý Jur, I realized the village was special because it perfectly blended its picturesque environment with such an interesting history.
Since it is now the autumn season, I was recently thinking about harvesting time in Slovakia. Why was I thinking about the harvest in Slovakia when I have never even considered harvests in the US? Maybe it’s because land, agriculture, and the cycles of nature are so much a part of life in modern-day Slovakia.
One of the biggest celebrations of the harvest, specifically the harvesting of wine, is called vinobranie. The vinobranie is a festival that usually happens in the second or third week in September, and is celebrated by many towns and villages. The wine tradition in western Slovakia goes back as far as the 12th century when German vintners came, bringing their skills in wine growing and harvesting to the Small Carpathian Mountain region.
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