CULTURE BEYOND BORDERS

FACTS AND TRIVIA ABOUT

POLISH

CULTURE

KRWKI

(FUDGE CANDY) In Polish its name means cows. This is

tasty caramel and its very sticky and very sweet. We like it very much.

SKI JUMPING

Polish people are crazy about ski jumping. We

have a great World and Olympic

Champion Kamil Stoch and we love him!!!

When he jumps we shout

FLY KAMIL FLY!!!

THE POLONEZ

We dance this usually on big balls, for example on proms. Thats our national dance. This is the first dance on balls.

PIEROGI

A very popular Polish dish.

In English they are called

dumplings .Inside you find: potatoes, cottage cheese,

mushrooms, spinach, cabbage.

OSCYPEK

This is cheese made in the Polish

mountains.

It is made from milk of sheep.

It is smoked and very salty but very

good.

Fingers crossed ?

In Poland, when you want to wish good luck!, we say Trzymam kciuki

( Im holding my thumbs)

and we do this:

Kissing the ladys hand

When Polish men meet a woman ,

they kiss her on the hand. Dont be surprised!

IMIENINY - Namedays!

In Poland, we celebrate not only Birthdays, but Namedays too. You know when it is your Nameday by

checking it in the Christian calendar, for example:

-Annas Nameday is 26th July

-Julias Nameday is 22nd May One more day to send cards

and get presents!

Fat Thursday

In many countries it is

called Fat Tuesday

(Mardi Gras), but in

Poland we have Fat

Thursday. We eat

pczki (doughnuts) and faworki cakes.

They look like this:

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Thank you for watching

See you in Poland!;)