VEČER SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY. OSLAVY PRI PRÍLEŽITOSTI VSTUPU SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY DO EURÓPSKEJ ÚNIE AKO RITES DE PASSAGE

The authoress discusses the festivities on the occasion of entering of Slovakia into European Union in the days 30 April - 2 May 2004. She particularly describes the Evening of the Slovak Republic, which was organized by the Slovak Government and the Slovak Parliament in the Slovak National Theatre on the eve of the entering.The authoress applies Arnold van Gennep's scheme of 'rites de passage' to the case and points out the anthropological constant plots in the ceremony.