Paczki Day: A Polish Tradition Becomes An American Tradition
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- February 11, 2024
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Janis Brinn, Michigan State University Extension – February 09, 2023 Updated from an original article written by Renee Applegate. What do you know about the Polish-American tradition celebrated on Tuesday before Ash Wednesday? You may have heard it called Fat Tuesday. A most popular Polish-American tradition is celebrated on Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. You may have heard it called Fat Thursday or Tłusty …
Continue Reading Traditions of a Polish Easter
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- February 12, 2022
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by Staś Kmieć Easter is one of the prominent religious observances in Poland and throughout Polonia abroad. While religious ceremonies follow the rituals of the Christian church, Easter celebrations have embedded the rich heritage of native Polish culture. Growing up Polish in America during the prime of the Polish church – the center of the community and its culture, was …
Continue Reading The Legends of the Lenten and Easter Season
Anemone The ancients gathered the anemone to decorate the altars of Venus, since they were the tokens of her love, and also to wreathe the faces of the dead. The idea of immortality seems to have long pertained to it, and is still known in parts of Europe as the Easter flower, or flower of the Resurrection. As the “cow …
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