The slava ("celebration"; Serbian Cyrillic: слава) is a Serbian Orthodox Christian tradition of the ritual glorification of one's family's patron saint. The family celebrates the Slava annually on the saint's feast day.
In November 2014 it was inscribed in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.
The Slava is the family's annual ceremony and veneration of their patron saint, a social event in which the family is together at the house of the patriarch. The Slava also brings friends to the house, regardless if they have the same Slava. The family saint is inherited from the patriarch (head of the household) – from father to son, while women do inherit the patron saint of their husbands upon leaving their families. As several patron saints are venerated twice a year, the main day is the Slava, while the secondary one is called preslava. Some families may celebrate another patron saint in the case when the wife is the only left of her kin, in respect to her family.
The tradition is an important ethnic marker of Serb identity. Serbs usually regard the Slava as their most significant and most solemn feast day. The tradition of the Slava is also very well preserved among the Serb and Macedonian diaspora on all 5 continents. Apart from Serbs, the custom is also practised by the Orthodox Macedonian families.
The Úslava is a river in the Czech Republic. It originates as the Bradlava near the village of Číhaň. It runs through the following municipalities: Plánice (as the Bradlava), Žinkovy, Nepomuk, Blovice, Šťáhlavy, Starý Plzenec, Plzeň.
It empties into the Berounka River in Plzeň at 49°45′46″N 13°24′47″E / 49.76278°N 13.41306°ECoordinates: 49°45′46″N 13°24′47″E / 49.76278°N 13.41306°E.
Slava, sława or слава is an abstract noun meaning "glory" or "knowledge" in the Slavic languages. It may also refer to:
Bandura zní z velké dálky
Igricové hrají dost
Zatančeme beze zbraní
Zazpívejme pro radost
Naslouchejme hlasu ohně
Plamen nebe otvírá
Naříká-li, zkáza přijde
Dobrou zprávu zazpívá
Staré slunce dokonává
A nové se rodí zas
Pocti Pána Slunovratu
Ať v polích zraje plný klas
Vesna ať se vrátí
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Vladyka se pýchou dme
Stoly se dnes prohýbají
Medovinou připijme
Ať ze země vzejde hojnost
Ať jsme syti celý rok
Velesovi poctu vzdejme
Pozvedněme sladký mok
Ať plástve medem přetékají
V lesích ať se rodí zvěř
Poklekněme milí moji
Svou úlitbu proveďme
Vesna ať se vrátí
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Vesna ať se vrátí
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Vesna ať se vrátí
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