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Wedding evening in the Landes: Three people bring la roste (roasted bread soaked in sweet wine) to a couple of newlyweds in bed. Map postally used on July 16, 1914. In France many couples choose to have two wedding ceremonies: civil and religious. However, only civil weddings are legally recognized (due to the concept of laïcité). These are ...
National costumes of Poland (Polish: stroje ludowe) vary by region. They are typically not worn in daily life but at folk festivals, folk weddings, religious holidays, harvest festivals and other special occasions. [1] The costumes may reflect region and sometimes social or marital status. [1]
If the Polterabend occurs on the eve of the wedding, the couple is permitted to leave the celebration early (i.e. around midnight), so as to be fresh and without a hangover the next morning - the Polterabend is traditionally celebrated with more gusto and frolicking than the actual wedding festivities. This is only the case in some parts of ...
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Cultural history of Poland can be traced back to the Middle Ages.In its entirety, it can be divided into the following historical, philosophical artistic periods: Culture of medieval Poland (from the late 10th to late 15th century), Renaissance (late 15th to the late 16th century), Baroque (late 16th to the mid-18th century), Enlightenment (second half of the 18th century), Romanticism (from ...
The Kurpie region was part of Poland from the beginning of Polish history in the 10th century. 14th Century - Ordered colonized by Masovian Prince Janusz I; 1563 – the great plague and fire. 1656 – Kurpies unsuccessfully fought the invasion of the Swedish Army. 1673 – the village of Lipniki was founded. Kurpie population reaches 1,000.