“Hody” represents the greatest kind of a festival in the South Moravia. Every village holds its own “hody” every year at the same date which depends on the saint to whom a local church is dedicated. The first evidence that the festival is drawing near is bringing “mája”. It means a high tree carried by young local men from a forest, then cleaned of its bark except for its uppermost part, which is afterwords decorated with ribbons. In the evening, all strong local men from the village gather in its center and erect this tree by their hands.

The festival lasts for three days and three nights when all people dance and sing till the morning. In this performance you can see dances typical for the region of Podluží – “vrtěná”, “hošije” and “verbuňk”.

Time length of the performance: 13 minutes

Casting: 4-8 couples

Once a year young men from Podluží participate in the competition where they have to show their dancing and singing skills in order to win and get the desired title “Stárek Podluží”. This performance shows the procedure of such a competition.

Time length of the performance: 13 minutes

Casting: 3 couples

Pásmo o vojenském odvodu na vesnici spolu s dívčím podlužáckým flaškovým.

Time length of the performance: 13 minutes

This performance follows the previous one – the two hussars and the boys leaving for a military service perform a special spanking dance and in the meanwhile an unhappy girl is looking at her beloved boyfriend who has to leave with the hussars.

Time length of the performance: 5 minutes

Casting: 6 boys and 1 girl

On of the characteristic dances of the region Podluží – “vrtěná” – is performed by 3 dancing couples. Each of the couples wears a different kind of our traditional costume – a rich one usually used for local festivals, a commoner one used for visiting festivals in other villages (in past used also for work in the field) and a costume for the married.

Time length of the performance: 6 minutes

Casting: 3 couples

Štengrování mezi Hanáckým Slováckém a Podlužím. Koho si děvčice vybere? Kečupáka nebo hořčičáka?

Time length of the performance: 15 minutes

Casting: 2-6 couples

Jak to chodí, když se dva mají rádi... Ukázka všech částí podlužáckého kroje

Time length of the performance: 10 minutes

Casting: 8-12 dancers

The end of every harvest used to be celebrated by the young who also gave a decorated wreath of grain to the farmer for whom they worked the whole year. This performance shows all the habbits and also dances with scythes and wooden rakes.

Time length of the performance: 8 minutes

Casting: 10 dancers

Příběh o tom, jak to chodí, když je předvánoční čas.

Time length of the performance: 10 minutes

Casting: 8-12 dancers

Zpívané vánoční pásmo plné koled a radosti. Podaruje bohatý statkář chasu za jejich celoroční práci na poli?

Time length of the performance: 8 minutes

Casting: 8-15 dancers

Beautiful songs from the region of Podluží sang both by soloists and groups.

Casting: 1-15 singers

A typical dance from the neighbouring region of Kyjovsko. Dancing is accompanied by a dulcimer music and richly interlaced by singing of the dancers.

Time length of the performance: 7 minutes

Casting: 4-6 couples

Svižný tanec ze Slovenska.

Time length of the performance: 5 minutes

Casting: 6-10 dancers

Dívčí tanec z východního Slovenska..

Time length of the performance: 6 minutes

Casting: 6-10 girls