A depiction of the birth of Jesus

CRÈCHE

In the middle

Jesus is lying in a cradle

Next to him is his mother, Saint Mary and his father, Saint Joseph

The Three Wise Men are carrying presents for Jesus

Usually there are shepherds carrying presents

Sometimes there is a angel exclaiming: „Glory to God on high“

How does it look like? Around

Wooden

Kinds of crèchesCeramic

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Living crèches Paper

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Krýza's crècheIt has been created

by Tomáš Krýzasince 1998

mentioned in Guinness Book of World Records as the largest mechanical crèche in the world

The crèche is now in the Museum of Jindřichův Hradec

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Třebechovice pod OrebemMuseum of crèches,

the most famous crèche is Probošt‘s mechanical crèche

Youtube video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI70x-1y8fk&feature=youtu.be

Other famous crèches in Czech Republic

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Třešť – the city of crèches Almost every

family in this town has its own crèche

Every year the city has Xmas exposition of crèches

Real life size crib in Třešť

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Constructing of crèches in Czech Republic We usually have

crèches from paper or from wood

Some crèches are handed in family

You can buy crèche in stationery shops or at Xmas markets

Most often we put crèche near Xmas tree

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Sources http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesli%C4%8Dky http://www.mjh.cz/en/sekce/252-kryza-nativity-scene (1) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mohelnice_nativity_scene.jpg

František Suchomel (2) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pessebre.jpg (3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Szopka-Wyszk%C3%B3w-3.jpg

User:Ejdzej (4) own sources (5) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KJ_St%C5%99ed.jpg http://www.pruvodce.com/trebechovice/ (6) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TBetlem_det3.jpg

Třebechovické muzeum betlémů http://www.ireceptar.cz/zajimavosti/tipy-na-vylet/trest-vitejte-ve-meste-betlemu/ (7)

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Real_life_size_crib_in_T%C5%99e%C5%A1%C5%A5,_Czech_Republic.jpg Frettie

Made by: Eliška Janeková