Slovak People

Slovakians are descended from Slavic groups that arrived in the Danube basin in the sixth and seventh centuries. Slovaks historically belonged to what can be called the "peasant class." Even now, they still have ties to the land and the planet. Some industrialization was carried out during the communist era, and contemporary civilization and folk traditions are both present in Slovak society today.

New freedoms brought about by the political changes of 1989 have significantly broadened the population's societal outlook, but many cultural movements are still in their infancy, which has led to a large portion of the elderly population still living in rural areas and being dependent on agriculture.

Slovakia attained independence on January 1, 1993, and the UN and its member nations recognized this development. Many of the practices, regulations, and norms were still heavily impacted by previous rulers, including the Czechs, Hungarians, and Austrian Habsburgs, even if some components of the society already had a distinctive national character, such as the language.