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Easter Traditions in Poland

The passage describes several Easter traditions in Poland. On Easter Saturday, people go to church to bless baskets of decorated eggs, bread, meat, and sweets. These baskets symbolize new life. On Easter Sunday, Christians participate in morning processions and mass, then gather for a family breakfast featuring the blessed basket foods, including a lamb symbolizing Jesus Christ. Additional traditions include boys splashing girls with water on Easter Monday, dating back to ancient practices of waking the Earth with water.

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Easter Traditions in Poland

The passage describes several Easter traditions in Poland. On Easter Saturday, people go to church to bless baskets of decorated eggs, bread, meat, and sweets. These baskets symbolize new life. On Easter Sunday, Christians participate in morning processions and mass, then gather for a family breakfast featuring the blessed basket foods, including a lamb symbolizing Jesus Christ. Additional traditions include boys splashing girls with water on Easter Monday, dating back to ancient practices of waking the Earth with water.

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Celebrating Easter in Poland

After 40 days of Lent comes the Easter holiday. It begins with Palm Sunday. On Good
Friday people are supposed not to eat meat. On Easter Saturday we go to church to bless
eggs and other food, which are earlier prepared and put in a colourful basket. . The "blessing
basket" is one of the unique Easter traditions in Poland. Eggs are painted and decorated
with different patterns. These colourful eggs are called "pisanki" or "kraszonki". To the
basket we put also some bread, meat or a sausage, some sweats and salt. Easter eggs are a
symbol of the new life. On Easter Saturday people visit also the tomb of Jesus Christ.
Tradition says that the tomb must be looked after young boys or men the whole night before
the Easter Sunday. Nowadays, the Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first
spring full moon. On Easter Sunday morning the Christians take part in the procession
around the church and in the holy mass called Resurrection. We also gather to have the
Easter breakfast. On the breakfast table, each of the participants wishes the others of the
family good luck and happiness. We eat the blessed food from the baskets. There is also a
lamb on the table which symbolizes Jesus Christ. To the modern tradition belongs an Easter
bunny. Children believe that bunny brings them some presents such as sweets or small
chocolate eggs. On Easter Monday boys splash girls with water. It is an old tradition which
dates back from the antiquity. Our forefathers splashed fields with water to weak up The
Earth Mother. Nowadays, this funny tradition is called "mingus dyngus". Easter is the oldest
and the most important Christian holiday.

TIME: SYMBOLS:
Lent eggs
Palm Sunday chick
Good Friday Easter bunny
Easter Saturday the lamb
Easter Sunday palm branches
bonnet
Easter Monday
spring flowers:
spring
daffodils, tulips, lily
basket
candle
jellybeans
crucifixion
mass
I. Answer these questions.

1) How many days of Lent are there?


2) What people do on Easter Saturday?
3) What can you find in the blessing basket?
4) When is the Easter celebrated?
5) What is Resurrection?
6) What do people do on Sundays breakfast?
7) What does the lamb symbolize?
8) Why did our forefathers splash fields with water?

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