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POLAND
POL A ND I N
BR IE F
Flag: two horizontal stripes
of equal width the upper
one white and the lower
one red
Marshal Józef
Piłsudski
• Women’s day (Dzień Kobiet) is traditionally
celebrated on 8th March. It was a public
holiday and one of the most importants
dates in the Polish calendar during the
communist regime.
• Juwenalia – is an annual students’ festival in Poland,
usually celebrated for 3 days in late May, or at the
beginning of June, just before summer exams.
During the celebrations students organise parades,
concertes and parties at univeristy campuses, clubs
and pubs
Poles also celebrate the
•April Fool’s Day (Prima Aprilis; 1st April)
•Child’s Day (Dzień Dziecka; 1st June)
•St. Nicholas Day (Mikołajki; 6th
December)
POLISH
C U
Barszcz (beetroot soup)
I S I N E
Bigos (stew of cabbage and meat)
Pierogi (dumplings stuffed with cottage cheese, potatoes and
onion; meat; cabbage and mushrooms or fruit)
Kotlet schabowy (breaded pork cutlet)
Placki Ziemniaczane (potatoes pancakes)
Oscypek (cheese produced in the mountains from
ewe’s milk, which is the most famous Polish regional
delicacy
Pastries and cakes: apple pie (szarlotka), ginger bread
(piernik), popy seed cake (makowiec), cheesecake
(sernik)
TRADITONAL FOLK
CLOTHES
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