#polish customs

[now-winter-comes-slowly]

Candlemas Day and the ‘thunder candles’ (gromnice) in Poland

Rural celebrations of the Candlemas Day in Poland show remnants of old-Slavic protective rituals conducted with use of a gromnica (the so-called ‘thunder candle’). The Candlemas Day is celebrated o…

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The celebrations of midsummer are among the most interesting and oldest annual festivities in Poland. Nowadays it known mostly as Noc Świętojańska (St. John’s Night) due to the influence of C…

Midsummer celebrations in Poland

Excited about the upcoming weekend? 

[gozdziak]

Marzanna

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Group of carolers from village of Trześniów, south-eastern Poland, c. 1932. All costumes have a symbolic meaning connected to old rituals, focusing on fertility and the natural cycle of life and death. To read more, I encourage you to browse my tag kolędowanie (caroling).

Source: muzeumetnograficzne.rzeszow.pl

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Draby noworoczne, new year’s carolers from south-eastern Poland.

Source: muzeumetnograficzne.rzeszow.pl

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Draby noworoczne, new year’s carolers from Urzejowice in south-eastern Poland.

Source: muzeumetnograficzne.rzeszow.pl

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Draby noworoczne, new year’s carolers from Urzejowice in south-eastern Poland.

Source: muzeumetnograficzne.rzeszow.pl

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Red: colors in Polish folklore (part 1)

This is going to be a series of articles describing the symbolism of colors in Polish folklore. Red seems to me to be an obvious choice for a start of the series – it’s among the most m…

Symbolism of the color red in Slavic culture - from Polish perspective

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