Easter

Easter in Slovakia needs some explanation. From dawn to afternoon the men go around to the houses of the women they know carrying a willow whip called korbač and water. They can wet them and whip them and in return the little boys receive money or candies, the elder men a drink. The amount of colored ribbons on their korbač tells how many women they have had. Don't bother asking for explanation, because you will get vague stories about that this would make women beautiful for the rest of the year and such. It is a tradition, period.

On this easter morning Radana and I went with the car around the city and surrounding villages to do the exact opposite of all the other women in this country: we went hunting for men. Armored with our cameras we found this group of young boys, whom were definitely still in the age that they are more interested in candies than in nice girls..... and i had nothing to fear from them. But as soon as we hunted down some experienced men, i stood no chance. They took my camera from me and started to hit me while one photographed it. A solid piece of undercover journalism i would say. Thank god they didn't have water with them!