Category Archives: culture
Have You Splashed Someone With Water, Yet? (Today)
If you’re a guy (from Poland or of Polish descent), and there’s a girl/woman out there that you like, today might be a good day to douse her with water. That’s because today is known as Śmigus Dyngus (Dyngus Day, here in … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Easter, History, Holidays
Tagged Boy, dyngus day, Easter Monday, Girl, Love, poland, polish, smigus dyngus, Splash, tradition, Water, Water ritual
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The Woodcarvers of Poland
Poland has a long tradition of woodcarving. Polish woodcarvers have created many beautiful statues, wooden boxes, religious icons, all meticulously and expertly carved by hand from wood. The Sukiennice Cloth Hall in Kraków’s town square is a famous historical building … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artisan, cloth hall, kraków, masterpiece, mortar and pestle, patience, poland, polish, sukiennice, Sukiennice Cloth Hall, tradition, wood carvers, wood carving, woodcarving, wooden boxes
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Poland plans on banning all Easter Bunny imagery
Calling the Easter Bunny an “unnecessary distraction from the joy of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion,” the Polish government has announced plans to ban all Easter Bunny imagery this year, for fear it is marginalizing the true message of Easter. Over the … Continue reading
