TRADITIONS: NATIVITY SCENES.

In the Czech Republic there is a tradition of putting up nativity scenes for about a hundred years, these nativity scenes are placed before the beginning of the Advent season. These manger originally served to show the birth of Jesus; at the beginning we only see the mangers in churches but over the years, now is possible to see them in  the houses of every Czech person.

Also in the Czech Republic this tradition is so important that there are even important churches where we can go to observe the mangers, these churches are "The Basilica of St. Paul" at Vyšhard, and "The church of our Lady of Victory" at Malá Strana, in this church there is a museus where the mangers are exhibited throughout the year.

We can be observed that for the Czechs the nativity scenes are a fundamental part of their traditions, since they have many museums that exhibir these mangers througout the yearm they also put them in open air museums, the most recognized museums to see these mangers are The Karlštejn Nativity Scene Museum located in Central Bohemia and The Museum of Nativity Scenes in Třebechovice pod Orebem located in East Bohemia, finally they have The Village of Trest which is one of the most important in the manufacture of mangers, including mechanical mangers. The Czech Republic has a Guinness record for having the largests mechanical manger, this manger is located in the city of Jindřichův Hradec in South Bohemia.