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Easter palms are an important feature of Polish Easter celebrations. [1] They are consecrated in a church, and subsequently paraded. [1] Some regional customs include using the palms to sprinkle water in a house, feeding them to animals, using them as decorations for religious paintings, and burning them and using the ash in Ash Wednesday ceremonies the next year. [1]
National symbols of Poland (Polish: Polskie symbole narodowe) are the tangible and intangible symbols, emblems or images that are found in Poland to represent the country's unique customs, traditions, cultural life, and its over 1000-year history. These symbols serve as the nation's portrayal of patriotism and dedication to their national identity.
The word itself, vytynanky, gained currency in the early twentieth century, but there were many other, regional words that were used too — stryhuntsi, khrestyky or kvity to mention but a few. The vytynanky shapes were of many kinds and represented stylized figures of people, animals and plants.
Pages in category "Polish traditions" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Beheading the Kite;
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Poland. The avifauna of Poland include 483 species, of which 5 have been introduced by humans and seven have not occurred since 1950. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of ...
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 ...
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