1. POLAND TRADITIONS IN OUR COUNTRY

2. POLISH HOLIDAYS

3. National and religious holidays celebrated in Poland are marked by traditions, public celebrations or simply the need of rest.

4. January 1 - New Year's Day New Year's Day is celebrated across Poland on January the first. Major city centers, like Krakow's Main Market Square, are filled with celebrants waiting for the fireworks display on the night of December 31st. Springtime - Easter Easter in Poland is celebrated according to the Western Calendar. Eggs are painted and special food is prepared. The majority of Poland's population is Catholic, and church services are also attended during Easter in Poland. The Monday after Easter is an important day for those celebrating in Poland too. May 1 - Labor Day or May Day Though it used to be acknowledged with large public displays, May Day in Poland is typically a day of rest. May 3 - Constitution Day Constitution Day in Poland celebrates the creation and signing of Europe's first codified constitution on May 3, 1791 for the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It is often marked with parades and other public displays of celebration.

5. Summer - Corpus Christi Celebrated 60 days after Easter, Corpus Christi is both a national and religious holiday. It is marked by religious processions through towns and villages, prayer, and attendance of church services. Most Corpus Christi processions begin around noon and collect followers along their route. Bystanders can also watch the procession from the sidelines. August 15 - Assumption Day August 15 celebrates the Virgin Mary's assent into heaven. The day is marked by religious observances, including church attendance. November 1 - All Saints' Day All Saints' Day commemorates those who have died. People visit cemeteries and place candles on the graves of loved ones and allow them to burn through the night. November 11 - Independence Day Independence Day in Poland celebrates the country's assumption of independence in 1918. November 11 has been celebrated as Independence Day in Poland since 1989.

7. We start a new school year on 1st September and end on 28th June. Our school organizes a welcome party to the youngest students,who come to our school.During school year we always have two charity parties.Our school always takes part in some cultural events.We do special performances to remind the important event that happened in our history.We also do Sport’s Day on 1st June,we don’t have lessons and we play different games all together. Before Christmas we do our Christmas Eve at lesson and we share wishes to everyone and spend really good time together.

8. FOOD SPECIALITIES

9. PIEROGI

10. Ingrediends: On cake: 400 I play {gramme} flours 1 egg 3/5 glasses cold waters Salt On stuffing: 750 I gramme of potatoes 250 I gramme of cottage cheese 2 onions 1 clove of garlic 2 spoons of butter 1 spoon of oil Salt, pepper Manner of making: Stuffing: Potatoes to peel and to cook in salted water. Onions to peel, to chop and to fry on butter together with crushed garlic. To connect with milled cottage cheese, rubbed with potatoes. To season to taste strongly to taste salt and with pepper. Cake: From flours, of vitelluses and waters and particles of salt to knead cake to produce it by about 5 minutes. Then thinly to pin, with large glass to cut out circles. On every from them to put after tea-spoon stuffing and exactly to stick together. To cook in large quantities salted of boiling water with particle of oil to moment till will sail out on top. *Serve with fried bulb Time preparations: 60 of minutes

11. CHEESECAKE

12. Ingredients: * 1 kg of cheese * 1 cup sugar (may be more if you like sweet) * 2 puddings, cream, or vanilla (can be sugar) * 9 eggs * Package raisins * 1 cup of butter (maybe 1 / 2 cup margarine, "Kasi" + 1 / 2 cup butter) * Vanilla sugar * 1 teaspoon baking powder Recipe: Sugar, sugar, vanilla, butter and egg yolks until light mixer 10 minutes. Next, small batches to add cheese (ground once by a razor) and the pound. Make puddings and baking powder and continue to pound. Beat to stiff froth and add to the weight. Gently mix well. Add raisins opruszone flour. We can bake the cheese from the bottom of the pastry or the same. Bake at 150 - 160 degrees C, about 1.5 hours until it is golden - brown.

13. BIGOS

14. Ingredients: 1) cabbage 2) bacon 3) sausage 4) onion 5) tomato concentrate 6) flavouring Preparation: Shred cabbage. Put to pot then and strangle under cover. Cut in ankle ham and to fry with onion together. After frying add to stewed cabbage. We season to taste sauerkraut stew they add tomato concentrate and flavouring.

15. Greeting people in Poland

16. Relatives in a Polish family and friends kiss 3 times on the cheek on meeting, Older men may still kiss the back of ladies hand. When meeting strangers Poles will address you in a formal way compared to someone they are familiar with. Anyone over about 16 is addressed as either Pan (Mr) or Pani (Mrs), it takes a joint agreement to get on to first name terms. Polish people dislike loud or loutish behaviour. Communication is different in Poland - it is not acceptable to ask people you don't know very well personal questions. This is very different from countries like Greece where a question of a total stranger about their income does not offend. Sometimes the Poles curiousity overcomes their manners and they will talk to strangers - then apologise later. Families often welcome their relatives arriving at the airport with flowers.

18. WARSAW

19. CRACOW

20. ŁÓDŹ

21. WROCŁAW

22. POZNAŃ

23. GDAŃSK