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The National Polka Festival is an annual parade and festival held in Ennis, Texas celebrating the Czech heritage in the city.[1]

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  1. 15 relations: Brave Combo, COVID-19 pandemic, Czechs, Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Ennis, Texas, Folk dance, Kielbasa, Knights of Columbus, Kolach (cake), KSCS, Memorial Day, Polka, Sauerkraut, Sokol movement, Waltz.

  2. Czech-American culture in Texas
  3. Music festivals in Texas
  4. Polka

Brave Combo

Brave Combo is a polka fusion band based in Denton, Texas.

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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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Czechs

The Czechs (Češi,; singular Czech, masculine: Čech, singular feminine: Češka), or the Czech people (Český lid), are a West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe, who share a common ancestry, culture, history, and the Czech language.

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Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex

The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, officially designated Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States, encompassing 11 counties.

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Ennis, Texas

Ennis is a city in eastern Ellis County, Texas, United States. National Polka Festival and Ennis, Texas are Czech-American culture in Texas.

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Folk dance

A folk dance is a dance that reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region.

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Kielbasa

Kielbasa (from Polish kiełbasa) is any type of meat sausage from Poland and a staple of Polish cuisine.

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Knights of Columbus

The Knights of Columbus (K of C) is a global Catholic fraternal service order founded by Blessed Michael J. McGivney on March 29, 1882.

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Kolach (cake)

A kolach, from the Czech and Slovak koláč (plural koláče, diminutive koláčky, meaning "cake/pie"), is a type of sweet pastry that holds a portion of fruit surrounded by puffy yeast dough.

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KSCS

KSCS (96.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

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Memorial Day

Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) is one of the federal holidays in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.

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Polka

Polka is a dance style and genre of dance music originating in nineteenth-century Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic.

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Sauerkraut

Sauerkraut is finely cut raw cabbage that has been fermented by various lactic acid bacteria.

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Sokol movement

The Sokol movement (falcon) is an all-age gymnastics organization first founded in Prague in the Czech lands of Austria-Hungary in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrš and Jindřich Fügner.

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Waltz

The waltz, meaning "to roll or revolve") is a ballroom and folk dance, normally in triple (4 time), performed primarily in closed position.

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See also

Czech-American culture in Texas

Music festivals in Texas

Polka

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Polka_Festival