Hallelujah!” Known as 'Rezurekcja' (Resurrection), this processional mass often features torches, tall crosses and loud speakers, and held either Saturday night or Easter morning depending on parish tradition.
Other examples of such "baptism" in Polish tradition include the blessing of Easter baskets, St. John's Eve - "Sobótka," Pentecost - "Zielone Swiatki," and a host of others. Way back when, the baptizing of babies was almost exclusively performed during the Easter season, which is ...
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A traditional, yeasted, Polish Easter Babka cake – Babka Wielkanocna Jump straight to the recipe I have always found Easter to be full of mystery, tradition and ritual. In some ways, the signs and symbols all around us at this time of year are simple and universal; eggs, representing ...
The water theme goes on well into April, when on Easter Monday, 'Lany Poniedziałek' (Wet Monday) is observed by boys throwing buckets of water over girls they like and spanking them with pussy willows! The acts are often expected to be reciprocated! Now, it all seems quite bizarre, an...
Another popular Polish-American tradition is celebrated the week before (February 16 this year) with Fat Thursday orTlusty Czwartek(pronounced Twoosti Chvartek). But Paczki (punch-key) Day has become much more than a Polish-American tradition. And nobody does it better than Rudy's Strudel in...
You will get a taste of Poland’s most attractive historical regions and dive into the core of local tradition. You will discover the finest local produce and delicacies, as well as savor good conversation. We have it all!Customer reviews We were fortunate enough to be on your tour August ...
Hence the Easter tradition of having eggs consecrated/blessed at the church by the Catholic priest and consuming them in large quantities at the family table. In Poland what also happens is that eggs are also painted on either empty of yolk or still full, it is one of the most unique ...
(Śmigus Dyngusin Polish), or 'Wet Monday',which is dominated bypublic water fights andeveryone being given carte blanche to drench anyone they see with water. As a foreigner, you are not exempt from this centuries-oldEaster Monday tradition in Poland, so move fast if you see someone ...
At Easter they go to church with an Easter basket and on Easter Monday they throw water. In the spring, they drown an effigy of Marzanna with other Poles in Ann Arbor. They celebrate neither St. Valen-tine’s Day nor Polish or American Independence Day. They celebrate Christmas, but not...