In the days of our 19th-century immigrant ancestors… By Robert Strybel Polish/Polonian Lifestyles Writer If your immigrant ancestors came from old, rural Poland back in the mid-to-late 19th century or on into the early 20th, these are roughly the kind of wedding customs they would have been used to. Some PolAm elements have been added to show their stateside evolution. …
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Eastertime has come upon us once again and along with it comes all the traditional customs that we Polonians have observed since the time of our forefathers. Polish Easter customs are many and often vary from one region to another. In all Poland, however, the first thought of Easter occurs on Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent. On …
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By Edward Wilczynski ‘Imagine yourself to be in a Polish city on the afternoon of December 24th in the 1970’s…. As dusk approaches, the frantically busy streets are suddenly empty of all people except those few who must work in some essential service — police, bus drivers, health service personnel, etc. One feels an almost enchanted expectation as the blue-gray …
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Do any of these people, places and things ring a bell? By Robert Strybel Polish/Polonian Affairs Writer What sets PolAms apart from Americans of Irish, Italian, German, Hispanic, Jewish, African, Arab or Oriental ancestry? Naturally, the answers will differ from person to person and place to place, but if you are of Polish descent, some of the following situations or …
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