Transcript EASTER IN POLAND

EASTER
IN
POLAND
OUR EASTER STARTS ON GREASY THURSDAY!!!
IN POLAND THE LAST THURSDAY BEFORE LENT IS
CALLED GREASY THURSDAY
THIS DAY WE EAT A LOT OF SWEETS
CALED ’PĄCZKI’ (doughnuts) OR FAWORKI.
WE LIKE THIS TRADITION A LOT
Ash Wednesday, the seventh Wednesday preceding Easter Sunday,
is the first day of the season of Lent. Its name comes from the ancient
practice of placing ashes on worshippers’ heads or foreheads as a sign of
humility before God, a symbol of mourning and sorrow. Lent is a season for
penance, reflection and fasting in order to prepare ourselves for Christ's
Resurrection and for our Redemption.
Holy Week lasts from Palm Sunday to Easter
Sunday.
Palm Sunday, the week before Easter
Sunday, is marked
by church attendance with palm-leaf
substitutes in the form of willow branches or
handmade bouquets of dried flowers
Before Easter children prepare different
kinds of Easter decorations
In Poland before Easter we prepare Easter Eggs –
called PISANKI in Polish.
Easter Eve is the day, when Christ
was
laid in the tomb.
On this day people prepare
Easter baskets, which contain
traditional food e.g. dyed eggs, bread,
salt, pepper, sausages,
horseradish and sugar or chocolate
lamb. The baskets are
blessed in the church.
EASTER
CAKES
Sharing of the Egg!
Before Easter breakfast, members of
the family share
the blessed Easter eggs and wish all
the best to each other.
The family breakfast on Easter Sunday morning is an important
part of Polish Easter celebration.
On the breakfast table,
each of the participants wishes the others of the
family good luck and happiness. The table is decorated
with green leaves and a sugar lamb may be placed as a centrepiece.
Sharing a boiled egg with one’s relatives is a national
tradition of Poland on Easter breakfast table.
A piece of egg with salt and pepper, sanctified by priest, is a vital
item on this occasion.
Śmigus Dyngus - Wet Monday – the day after Easter Sunday.
One of the best holiday when people start the water fights!
During all the day, it is allowed to throw water on the others, also
unknown! The best thing is to remain at home all the day, because while
leaving to go for a short walk or to even go to the church, one is likely to
be wet! And it is not the right to be annoyed. Obviously, one should not
exaggerate with the quantity of water thrown on an unknown, cultivate
the tradition.
…..and after that we have to come back to school…….
THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTION
HAPPY EASTER
GREETINGS FROM POLAND
THIS PRESENTATION WAS PREPARED BY STUDENTS
FROM ZESPÓŁ SZKÓŁ IN WRZOSOWA, POLAND
and their teacher: Anna Wasiak