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The culture of Poland (Polish: Kultura Polski) is the product of its geography and distinct historical evolution, which is closely connected to an intricate thousand-year history. [1] Poland has a Roman Catholic majority, and religion plays an important role in the lives of many Polish people. [ 2 ]
Cultural history of Poland often combines the approaches of anthropology and history to look at cultural traditions of Poland as well as interpretations of historical experience. It examines the records and narrative descriptions of past knowledge , customs , and arts of the Polish nation .
Polish traditions (2 C, 35 P) W. Works about Poland (5 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Culture of Poland" The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total.
Easter traditions in Poland (10 P) Pages in category "Polish traditions" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
The New Cambridge Medieval History, however, suggests that it originated far to the west of Poland and was adopted under German influence. [8] Originally śmigus and dyngus were two separate events, with śmigus involving the act of throwing water (oblewanki) and dyngus bribing people with pisanki to escape from śmigus; later both traditions ...
In 1987, about eight years after he came to the United States from Poland, Marek Predki and six other people decided to bring a Polish tradition to their new country by embarking on a pilgrimage ...
Polish folk dances are a tradition rooted in ten centuries of Polish culture and history. The Polish national dances are the Krakowiak, Kujawiak, Mazurek, Oberek, and Polonaise. These dances are classified as National, because almost every region in Poland has displayed a variety of these dances. National fruit Apple (Malus domestica) National ...
Beyond the familiar traditions like Santa Claus, a fir tree, caroling and gift-giving, a number of countries—including the U.S.—bring their own unique twists, both old and new, to the holiday.