Poland in photo riddles

Does this have sth to do with the new exhibition which has opened at The Museum of Islamic Art in Jerusalem? It is highlighting the role of the hamsa in Israeli culture and the place of it in society today. The hamsa is an important symbol in Jewish culture.

Well, I know nothing about it. :):) The photos were taken in Poland a few years ago. Thanks for that hamsa, though, I didnt` know the name and I still must read about its role.

This quote was for Dirk, whose original post was removed while mine stayed and was combined with another. Now it all looks a bit misleading.

A hint - another photo

The things from these 3 photos played their little roles on one big day.

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It's not wrestling is it?


Back to the drawing board :( It's not anything to do with the Jewish Culture Festival is it? Although that is for a week I think and not a day.

an in some muslim cultures, A north african colleague calls it 'the hand of Fatima' and says it's used everywhere the same way that the glass eye beads are used in Turkey to ward off the evil eye...

Means "five" in Arabic. Because of the shape of the character it sometimes has a rather rude association too!

No, wrestling is derived from to wrestle which isn`t ambiguous, as it has one meaning. While the sport in the photo comes from a name which is quite equivocal because its primary meaning concerns sth else. Hint - the name of an object used by people, especially by individualistically oriented Poles.


Sorry, no. I will show you the last photo from the series to help you guess. If you don`t solve it now, I give up. :)

So, again - what was the situation which encompasses the last 4 photos?

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Yes, it is known as a symbol of protection. It's also referrred to as 'the hand of Mary'. I have one at home that I bought on my travels.


You may well have to give up!
I can only think of International Jewish Day ( August 2nd ).

No, I was joking. I never give up with my students!:)
OK, let`s recapitulate what we have. Jewish side: a bottle opener, hamsa. Polish side: a mug with Krakow motif. The last picture shows yellow sheets of paper with Jewish stars and some words. What is written on them and by who?

Hobbies of students?


No doubt this one is wrong too.
Volleyball or Siatkówka which also means retina apparently. However that doesn't have anything to do with the name of an object............

messages for the wailing wall?

Yes, hobbies of students, too! Now, what students? And why do they write about hobbies and other things? What is the occasion?

As for volleyball/siatkówka/retina - oops, I meant that the sport`s name is ambiguous in English! not Polish!


I must remind you the photos were taken in Poland, there are no wailing walls here... :)

Is this some sort of International student exchange programme?


International Friendship Day?

Yes, the Polish Jewish student exchange. The items in the first 3 pictures were souvenirs that students gave each other. We still have the hamsa because it is my son, then a high school student, who is holding it in the photo. Pieces of paper were a part of the workshop that students ran to get to know each other.

Thank you for perseverance.

Probably the last pic of 2016 spring -summer series.

What is the image made of? It is not painted. Hint - sth very unusual.

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As someone who boasted about being "fully European" then surely you know that the EU does not recognize illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian land.

So share with PolishForums what steps you personally took to ensure these trinkets were not manufactured by and did not profit illegal Israeli settlements.

pawian, your riddles are just torturous ;)

Fabric? Looks like embroidery to me.

Sorry, embroidery is sth typical while I said sth unusual. Really, incredibly out of this world, sth which one would never think of and it would take them 100 years to guess. But I believe in you, guys. Together, united, it will take,much less! :)


Yes, but they must be so. Have you solved the mystery of the sports club yet? I thought it became easy after we know the name of the region it comes from. I can help you with another photo - this statue shows a famous Pole. So, the club is in the same city where the man in the statue was born. I went there to buy a and fetch a second hand car for my wife.

BTW, who is that guy?

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I can boast further, saying we strictly abide to the European law. As an expert on European- Arab relations, you should know that so far the EU has banned the import of chickens and eggs from occupied territories. Other products haven`t been banned yet. When they are, we shall take appropriate steps accordingly.

Has it been knitted? Wool? Although I'm sure that's not unusual enough.......


Delph gave up at the first hurdle ;) The famous Pole is Jan Kiepura from Sosnowiec. I can only think of the game squash but what that has to do with the name of an object used by people I don't know..........


I must be a masochist ;)

Its is either straw or some other material glued together

Papier mache maybe, though it seems unlikely. Besides, it's supposed to be sth we will never think of in 100 years, so it's going to be something really obscure, no doubt!

matches?

You may well be right, I wouldn't have thought of that :)

Some sort of mosaic?

Is it flower petals (like Derbyshire Well Dressing)?

Thanks very bloody much jon. I've been ill for 2 weeks , and now you're making me even more ill with home-sickness and nostalgia. Our family never missed a year of driving up to Derbyshire to the well dressings at Tideswell, I think it was.... I remember I didn't care for the town itself, not as exciting as Matlock for instance, but there's nothing like well dressings here, unless you could compare the roadside shrines on Corpus Christi.

The same. North Derbyshire was only a short drive away. The Tideswell one was I think one of the biggest.

The celebrations during May in some Polish villages have a bit in common with Well Dressing.

Who is this Pawian and where is this mural to be found? This came up on PF before when Wulkan was dissing my shortish mountaineering expeditions of bygone days. Only for me they were more like drinking expeditions, as this high achiever was also inclined to do, albeit he was sportsman extraordinaire.

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I know, I know!
Or is this riddle for pawian only?
I didn't recognise him at first but your hints were really helpful.