easter in poland. when is it? easter is in march or april, 40 days after the ash wednesday
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EASTER IN POLAND
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WHEN IS IT?
Easter is in March or April, 40 days after the Ash Wednesday.
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ASH WEDNESDAY
A priest puts some ash on people’s forehead as a sign of penance.
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ŚWIĘCONKA (EASTER BASKET)
It is a tradition to go to church on Holy Saturday with a basket full of food we are going to eat the next day. The basket should have white linen inside and it should be decorated with boxwood. In church a priest sprinkles the food with holy water.
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EASTER BREAKFAST
For Easter breakfast we eat food from our Easter baskets, such as:
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EGGS
Eggs are a symbol of life. We share the egg from the Easter basket with our families.
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BREAD
After eggs this is the most important food.
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WHITE SAUSAGE (WEISSWURST)
It’s a special kind of sausage. It isn’t really white, it’s just called white. It has a very strong smell.
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HAM
Ham is the symbol of joy and wealth.
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SOUR RYE SOUP (ŻUREK)
It’s made of rye flour and meat. It can be served with white sausage and eggs.
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LAMB
A lamb can be made of butter or sugar.
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BABKA (A CAKE)
It’s a spongy cake traditionally baked for Easter Sunday.
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MAZUREK (CAKE)
It’s a very sweet cake with icing, chocolate or kajmak. It is decorated with dried fruit, walnuts, almonds or roasted seeds.
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SALT
It is a symbol of purification.
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PEPPER
Pepper is also a symbol of purification. We add pepper and salt to the food we have for breakfast.
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OTHER SYMBOLS OF EASTER ARE:
boxwood
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catkin
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Easter eggs – they are decorated in different ways.
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OTHER CUSTOMS
Children believe that on Easter day Easter bunny brings them gifts such as sweets.
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WET MONDAY (ŚMIGUS DYNGUS)
On Easter Monday boys pour water over girls and girls wet boys on Tuesday.
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The presentation was prepared by class Va