What Easter traditions are cultivated in our country?
Here are the most popular Easter customs with which we can meet in Poland.
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Easter traditions – Spring cleaning
Great cleaning is not a Christian tradition, but it has rooted in our culture for good.
General cleaning is taken twice a year – before Christmas and before Easter.
The household members then share their duties and prepare a house together before Christmas.
Easter traditions – Palm Sunday
According to tradition on Palm Sunday, we go to church to sacrifice the colorful Easter palms.
Although they used to be alone, today we usually buy them at local stands.
In the past, palms were made of easily available plants, i.e. willow, grasses and riverside cane.
Easter traditions – Easter eggs
Painting Easter eggs is a custom known for generations.
Eggs symbolize the birth of a new life, and thus the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
In individual regions of Poland, Easter eggs bear various names.
For example, in the north they are called Kraszanki, and near Krakow and Łowicz nałipians.
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In the past it was thought that naturally dyed eggs have magical power that allows the treatment of diseases.
In the past, the eggs were colored red, because according to legend, Maria Magdalena, after the resurrection of Christ, noticed that all the eggs she purchased colored red.
Speaking of Easter traditions, it is above all mention the great Saturday, when you go to church with a basket.
We put treats and decorations that will be on the Easter table, i.e. meat, sausages, bread, spices and branas.
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Lany Monday – Śmigus Dyngus
In the past, Easter Monday consisted of beating the legs of willow branches and water we knew today – watering.
This custom symbolized the purification of diseases, sin and dirt.
Easter custom of “hanging Judas”
formerly the custom of “hanging Judas” was also known, which was symbolically to do the traitor’s justice. Although this custom slowly goes into oblivion, he is still cultivated in Podkarpacie.
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