POLAND: Preparations to EASTER
Image:Halina Bednarz
'Polish Easter' - performance by and for children in supermarket
Easter is coming... Happenings, performances, decorations at hipermarkets and in streets.
The main symbol of Easter is painted egg of course - there are streets workshops even over the country, how to prepare the painted eggs in different designs according to Polish traditions, like: *kurpiowskie, *kaszubskie, *łowickie, *huculskie and many different technics: batikowe, kraszanki, drapanki...
Egg is an ancient symbol of life. Eggs which are painted in one color are called “malowanki” or “kraszanki”. If patterns are etched with a pointed instrument on top of the paint, the eggs are then called “skrobanki” or “rysowanki”. Those eggs decorated with the use of treated wax are called “pisanki”. Another technique involved gluing colored paper or shiny fabric on them..
Workshops..
Image:Halina Bednarz
workshops on street /Wroclaw
This style is called 'drapanki'.
Girl is dressed in stylized, historic skirt.
Performance..
There are many performances for children aiming to teach them holidays traditions.
Decorations..
Image:HB
'Pisanki' - decoration in supermarket
Egg is an ancient symbol of life.
This style is called 'łowickie' as contains typical ornaments used in region of origin just everywhere.
There are painted male and female - both dressed in traditional costumes.
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The celebration of Easter is preceded by Holy Week, which begins with Palm Sunday
Palm branches and twigs are indispensable accessories of the events of this day. They commemorate Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem. After the festivities, palm leaves were used for magic rites, such as conjuring up storms and consecrating women at childbirth and sick domestic animals. The original palm branch is replaced by a willow or raspberry branch, and is decorated with ribbons, flowers, and leaves. It is believed that swallowing a willow catkin from a branch consecrated by a priest would bring health, and palm branch placed behind a holy image until the following year would bring the inhabitants luck..
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