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Chocz is a large village not far from Pleszew. Guards can be seen on duty outside the tomb of Jesus […]

In some homes, whoever gets up first on Good Friday fashions a rod and lashes the legs of those still […]

Two customs which still survive among school children are taking an effigy of Marzanna out of the village at the […]

Bouquets of palm branches with verdigris or blueberry trimmings are blessed in church on the last Sunday of Lent. After […]

The houses in the villages of Wielkopolska are bedecked with green birch and sweet flag branches on this day. This […]

Wielkopolska was, and still is (e.g. Wyszki near Jarocin), a region where people go around playing water pranks (i.e. they […]

It is customary to fast on Holy Saturday until the food has been blessed. A symbolic quantity of food – […]

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The military doctrine that held sway in Europe during the interwar years mandated that any area which was expected to […]

POZNAŃ Situated on the Warta River, Poznań is the capital of the region, Province and archdiocese, and an important point […]

POZNAŃ The city lies on the Warta river. It is the capital of Wielkopolska Voivodeship and the see of the […]

POZNAŃ Poznań, the capital town of the region, the Province and the Archdiocese, is situated on the Warta. Poznań is […]