Stužková slávnosť

The Hungarian version of the ceremony is the Szalagavató ([ˈsɒlɒɡɒvɒtoː]), held in a style similar to its Slovak counterpart.

Parents may take some photos before prom, send their children off for the night, wait up for their son or daughter to come home, might ask how things went.

[1] Tradition of the stužková slávnosť is related to the establishment of the gymnasiums and secondary professional schools in the former Czechoslovakia after First World War.

According to the ethnographer Viera Feglová, the beginnings of stužková slávnosť in Slovakia came from Mining-Forestry School in Banská Štiavnica (then called Selmecbánya).

[2][3] In 1985 became the theme for the eponymous song from the album Hodina slovenčiny by Slovak pop rock band Elán.