Slovaks and Czechs met up for the annual celebrations of Slovak-Czech brotherhood on Veľká Javorina hill in the White Carpathians on Sunday.
“Even though there's been an imaginary border between our countries for more than 20 years, these spontaneous meetings of inseparable and close nations are clear evidence that we stay together in our hearts,” said Lívia Boorová, spokesperson for the co-organizing town of Stará Turá. This year's meeting has been held in the spirit of the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, during which the idea to form a joint state of Czechs and Slovaks emerged. The event has been taking place at the monument to Czech, Moravian and Slovak Solidarity on Veľká Javorina hill annually ever since Czechoslovakia split in 1993.
