Easter whip

The tradition typically takes place in the morning of Easter Monday and involves a special handmade whip or switch called pomlázka or karabáč (in Czech) or korbáč, šibák or šibačka (in Slovak) or siba or korbács (in Hungarian).

Women wear multiple long dresses to avoid the minor pain that would be caused by the whipping.

If the young woman does not have any decorated eggs she turns around and the man takes a few whacks at her legs with the whip.

Playful running around, similar to the game of tag, still occurs, but aggressive ambushing is now considered unacceptable bullying by the modern generation.

Tradition says that women should be spanked with a whip in order to keep their health, beauty and fertility throughout the following year.