Prague 2008 - the festival on the eve of St. Nicholas Day, December 5th 2008. Young children are asked if they have been good or bad. If good they dress as Angels, if bad as Devils. The bad kids still get their presents as long as they promise to be good next year!
This video is poorly lit, but shows how scared the young children get when confronted by the Devils that go round in a group with the St. Nicholas (Mikuláš), the Angel (anděl) characters. The idea is that the kids get a lesson that the Devil really isn't a nice guy and the scaring of the very young is deliberate and continues even after the child is crying!
Parents bring their children to the Old Town Square where you can see the tradition in full swing roughly between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. In small towns and villages, the three characters visit people's homes. The evening of December 5 is therefore an exciting (and scary) time for children!
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