Poland in photo riddles

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My friends mother out in the country has one. Some of the most amazing meals I've ever had came from that kitchen.

yep... it may also be called 'pomacajmnie'...
;)

wikipedia call it podpłomyk ;)
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podp%C5%82omyk


nice dance :)
but they claim it is not Halloween but Ostatki (the last day of carnival). There is a custom that kids on this day go to school in disguise. I heard that in past it was almost like in the Halloween because kids were cruising from house to house collecting sweets ;)

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Few traditional polish items. Guess name and the region for which it's essential (if it is essential for some specific region):

A)
B)
C)
D)

I had them to when I was young, they were the best.

a - ciupaga - highlanders use it...
b - ozdoba ze slomki - ...............
c - malowane kwiaty - Mazury area?
d - czerwone korale - krakowianki!

PS - please, fill in blank... :)

Next task: How we call this set of clothes and name it's part

we call this set of clothes "from the movie Ogniem i Mieczem"...

what do i win?! :)

ha! Mam cię! ;)


so called pająk, a kind of folk chandalier or hanging decoration. Wiki says its specific for all polish regions but I've always recognised it as central Poland folklor item.


no. These are wycinanki (a paper cutted in patterns)

łowickie are the most famouse I guess but they are popular in many regions.


not góralki? Maybe you're right... ;)


??? (nie wiem o co chodzi)

Its yummy :)but I don't remember the name :(

it's wrong answer.

It bears the very beautiful title of Polish National Costume (ubiór narodowy)... Mind that there is diffrence betweet Polish Folk Costumes (strój ludowy).

Elements of polish national costume:
- żupan (the inner gown)
- kontusz (the outern gown)
- pas kontuszowy (the sash)


it has somethin common with this:



I'm polish and never have eaten it yet. In my family no one likes that cake so we don't eat it.

There is another specific cake:

Name + Holiday?

Ah! senkacz and the next one muzrka :)

sękacz and mazurek :)

What about post #547. No one is intrested why they hold canddles over a key??? ;)

it's to tell ones future

yes. Its one of the prophecy of Saint Andrew Eve /Andrzejki/ (the night in which unmarried women try to predict any hints what future husband will be like). They pour melted wax through the key eye into water and each shape of the cooled wax has its meaning. There was a male version of this custom, I believe Katarzynki on Saint Catherine Eve but I'm not sure. Andrzejki are still practised while Katarzynki are almost forgotten

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What does this sign mean:



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Ok, I'm going to bed so I give you the very last riddle for goodnight ;)

Why Santa Clause likes so much polish kids that he visit them twice a year??? ;)

wikipedia also calls it maca

Maca (hebr. מצה) - chleb przaśny, przaśniki, spożywany przez żydów podczas święta Pesach.


That's Mikołajki, st. Nick's day, celebrated Dec 6. Tradition has you hang your stockings over the fireplace and St. nick comes and stuffs them with treats

Hmmm... I've never put my socks over the fireplace. But in Poland there are santa claus for hire who can give the gifts ;)

Do you in the USA also know Mikołajki?

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What about sign?

Men gave up. It doesn't matter what kind of beauty will bring the horror on their heads.


Polish navy?

No.

Try to make out what letter you see on that "logo" ;)

:)

Polish Underground State ?

Sort of. It was a symbol of fight of Poles during WWII. PW for Polska Walcząca (Poland Fighting). It was common graffiti drawn on walls of buildings to make propaghanda war with Germans.



There was also popular a graffity of turtle (can't find a pic) which meant pPp "pracuj Polaku powoli" (Pole, work slowly). It was a message for those Poles who were forced to work for Germans.

I sort of knew it:)


turtles ain't that slow while swimming :)

You can read about Kotwica : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotwica

Ok. So all riddles have been already solved so I have to add a new one:



Why are those very beautiful young ladies showing their legs? ;)

How we call this gesture:

I don't know, but do you have any more close-up photos? ;-)

They are still not married and thus, "available". It is not, of course, the reason to show your legs like this, but during some wedding ceremony is quite possible.

Any idea what's the reason for this? :)

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Hot day....cool off the feet.

No. It's not a wedding! ;P


its not a wedding Nathan.

Who will guess what occasion is this? ;)

While you are guessing what party those girls are attending I have another riddle for you (with dedication for trener żółwia)

why there are so many candles on this cementary??? Some massive massacre victims? ;)

Graduation?


Well, it is in most cases a massacre by the same perpetrator - Ms. Death and the day is, propably, All Saints day judging by the color of the leaves (sometimes, the cemeteries look like this on the Easter night).

No idea! hen party?:P


zaduszki :)