English translation: ribbon/flower wand (stick) and/or pom-pon (a.k.a. pompom)
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Well I used to be a reluctant pioneer myself, we simply had to go, so I remember making them. The next morning the whole Wenceslav Square was littered with them.
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If you wish:
PARADE WANDS
Wednesday, August 18th
5-8pm Free
Kids young and old are invited to create wands, masks and giant
pin-wheels for the Folk Art Fesval Parade. Bring a sck
or just bring yourself. Materials will be provided… http://www.offcenterarts.org/Workshop Puppets
Exactly, Barry. As far as I can make out, in May Day Parades, all these kids were gleefully (or not, in Hannah’s case) waving both streamers on wands and symbols on sticks, which they then chucked in the gutter before they ran off to the cake shop/pub. I was wondering if there was a generic word for these items in English (presumably not).
Unless I am completely mistaken, the root of this word comes from the
verb mávat/mávnout which means to wave, brandish, wield, etc., which
accounts for the variety of objects to which it can be applied.
I know what you mean - it is one of those words that has a different word for different items, e.g. 'pom-pom' is also mávátko, or flag or banner, etc - basically a 'thing you wave around' :) I can't think what they might call those flowers on sticks, though ...
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favour
Explanation: This is a very old word, and I dragged it out of my memory banks - I can remember going to football matches when I was a lot younger and there was something about 'team favours', i.e. scarves, banners, pom-poms, whatever, but I can't remember exactly the context. The only dictionary definition that I can find mentions "(Historical Terms) a badge or ribbon worn or given to indicate loyalty" which sort of fits the bill.
Example sentence(s):
a ribbon, badge, etc., worn in evidence of goodwill or loyalty, as by an adherent of a political party.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2011-02-19 10:06:08 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Well I used to be a reluctant pioneer myself, we simply had to go, so I remember making them. The next morning the whole Wenceslav Square was littered with them.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2011-02-19 11:56:48 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 hrs (2011-02-19 17:05:16 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
If you wish:
PARADE WANDS
Wednesday, August 18th
5-8pm Free
Kids young and old are invited to create wands, masks and giant
pin-wheels for the Folk Art Fesval Parade. Bring a sck
or just bring yourself. Materials will be provided… http://www.offcenterarts.org/Workshop Puppets
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You are welcome
Hannah Geiger Local time: 02:30 Works in field Native speaker of: Czech PRO pts in category: 8
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Thank you, Hannah
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Asker: Very deft work, Hannah. Certainly usable. I’ve double-checked with my wife (a keener Pioneer there never was) and she insists that the picture I have linked to above is also a mávátko, as are those things at the back of the picture in this link: http://jahoda2020.blog.cz/0705/prvomajovy-pruvod-a-alegoricke-vozy
Asker: I think parade wands might have hit the nail on the head.
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