Polish traditions

day after Easter Sunday

traditional Christian feast marking the last Thursday before Lent, associated with the celebration of Carnival

egg decorating tradition in Slavic countries

thumb|Side road effigy during Dożynki festival near Wrocław Dożynki (Dozhinki, , , ; , Prachystaya; ; ; Dormition) is a Slavic harvest festival. In pre-Christian times the feast usually fell on the autumn equinox, in modern times it is usually celebrated on one of the Sundays following the end of the harvest season, which fall on different days in different regions of Europe.

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Christmas celebrations and traditions in Poland

Slavic folk Christianity holiday

thumbnail|Konstantin Trutovsky. Koliaduvannia in Ukraine. 1864 thumbnail|Koliaduvannia in Lviv, Ukraine. City festival. 2012 thumbnail|Koledari near Sofia in the mid. of the 20th century. Koliadari or koliadnyky () are Slavic traditional performers of a ceremony called celebration of Koliada, a kind of Christmas caroling. It is associated with Koliada (Calends), a celebration incorporated later into Christmas.

thumb|200px|Verteps parade, [[Lviv, Ukraine]] thumb|200px|Koledari|Kolędowanie in Poland, 2019 thumb|200px|Kolyadka performers in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, 2013

traditional Easter bundle

Pasterka () is a midnight mass celebrated by Catholics during Christmas between December 24 and 25 across Poland. A close translation of the name would be the "Shepherds' Mass" (literally: 'that which belongs to the shepherds' in Polish), in reference to the Biblical shepherds, who were visited by an angel and told of the birth of Christ. During the Pasterka Mass, Polish people sing traditional kolędy, Christmas carols (from the Roman calendae) in the spirit of joy.

{| align=right |200px |200px |- |colspan=2 align=center| Kulig in Gorce Mountains, February 2006 |} Kulig (sleigh rides) is a Polish winter tradition dating back to the 16th century.

Polish beatified noble (1814–1871)

thumb|Strange Vehicles contest during the Juwenalia at the University of Zielona Góra Juwenalia (Polish, from Latin Iuvenalia - Juvenalia) is an annual higher education students' holiday in Poland, usually celebrated in May, before the summer exam session, sometimes also at the beginning of June.

thumb|300px|A Kurpie house. Note the thatched roof. Kurpie () is one of a number of ethnic regions in Poland, noted for its unique traditional customs, such as its own types of traditional costume, traditional dance and distinctive type of architecture and livelihoods. Kurpie is also the name of the people of this culture.

traditional Slavic carnival

Traditional meal in some European cultures

upright=1.2|thumb|Alexei Savrasov. Grave on the Volga (1874). thumb|upright=1.2|Smolensk cemetery, commemoration. 1881 upright=1.1|thumbnail|Dušičky in Slovakia and Czech thumb|right|upright=1.1|All Saints' Day|Zaduszki (All Saints' Day) in Poland upright=1.1|thumbnail|Dziady in Belarus upright=1.1|thumbnail|Zadushnitsa in Bulgaria, painting by Ivan Mrkvička Zaduszki () or Dzień Zaduszny () is a Polish name for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day) on 2 November. The word Zaduszki originating from Dzień Zaduszny, can be roughly translated into English as "the day of p

Wigilia () is the traditional Christmas Eve vigil supper in Poland, held on 24 December. The term is often applied to the whole of Christmas Eve, extending further to Pasterka—midnight Mass, held in Roman Catholic churches all over Poland and in Polish communities worldwide at or before midnight. The custom is sometimes referred to as "wieczerza" or "wieczerza wigilijna", in Old Polish meaning evening repast, which is linked to the late church service or Vespers. The word Wigilia derives from the Latin vigil. The associated feasting follows a day of abstinence and traditionally begins once the

Studniówka () is a traditional ball for final grade high school (liceum or technikum) students (i.e. aged 18–20) in Poland, analogous to senior prom in the United States. It is held approximately a hundred days before the matura, or leaving exam; hence its name, which is a Polish noun formed from the adjective studniowy, meaning "hundred-day" (compare sto dni, "a hundred days").

thumb|320x320px|Carlton Alfred Smith, Christmas Eve In Slavic traditions, a Polaznik is the first guest (sometimes called the "divine guest") who comes to a house at Christmas or on some holiday between St. Demetrius day and Epiphany to bring luck, prosperity, health, and wealth for the coming year. Less frequently, the role of the polaznik is taken over by an animal, which is brought into the house, which is also supposed to bring luck. The ritual is known mainly to Ukrainians, Poles, Slovaks, Slovenes, Serbs, Croats, and Bulgarians. It is believed that the polaznik is a messenger of the ance

annual Roman Catholic festival

thumb|A Lasowiacy cabin from the village of Huta Przedborska, now at the open-air museum in [[Kolbuszowa]]

Kashubian Midsummer Eve custom

thumb|upright|A drawing of a podłaźniczka from the Lesser Poland region Podłaźniczka, polazňička is a traditional Polish and Slovak Christmas decoration. It was usually made from branches or the top of a conifer tree turned upside down, which was then decorated with colored paper cutouts (wycinanki), candies, apples, nuts, typical Polish świats, or stars and crosses made of straw. The podłaźniczka was then hung from the ceiling rafters over the Wigilia dinner table on Christmas Eve.

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