{"product_id":"polish-customs-traditions-folklore","title":"Polish Customs, Traditions \u0026 Folklore","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"This collection is a tremendous asset to understanding the ethnic behavior of a people. Highly recommended.\" \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e--Florence Waszkelewicz-Clowes, \u003cb\u003ePolish American Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There is nothing on the subject that even approaches this book in its breadth and authority. A prodigious amount of research has gone into the work, as well as sheer education and enthusiasm that keeps an author going, and searching and reading.\"--\u003cb\u003eZgoda\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Eagerly awaited...Most [readers] will be delighted to discover the many regional variations which enrich this informative guide.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003ePolish Heritage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A richly detailed and well-informed month-by-month accounting\u003cbr\u003eof all the major Polish customs and traditions practiced over the centuries.\u003cbr\u003eMs. Knab stirs and reawakens our ancestral memory.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e―\u003ci\u003eThe Kosciuszko Foundation Newsletter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNow in a paperback edition with illustrations, historical black\u003cbr\u003eand white photographs, and color photographs throughout the book\u003c\/b\u003e! \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis \n\u003cbr\u003eunique, well-researched reference is arranged by month, showing the various \n\u003cbr\u003eoccasions, feasts and holidays prominent in Polish culture―beginning with \n\u003cbr\u003eDecember it continues through Holy Week Customs, superstitions, beliefs and \n\u003cbr\u003erituals associated with farming, Pentecost, Corpus Christi, midsummer, harvest \n\u003cbr\u003efestival, wedding rites, Name Days, birth and death. There is also a chapter on \n\u003cbr\u003ePolish pastimes and games for children. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany of the customs and traditions described in the book have\u003cbr\u003ebeen lost even in today's modern Poland. World wars, massive immigration, the\u003cbr\u003eloss of the oral tradition, urbanization and politics have changed the face of\u003cbr\u003ea once agrarian people and their way of life throughout the calendar year. The\u003cbr\u003echanges, however, have not been able to erase the memory of that way of life\u003cbr\u003ecompletely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany \n\u003cbr\u003ecommunities of the Polish diaspora throughout the world still feel \n\u003cbr\u003econnected to Poland and choose to reenact harvest celebrations, reminding \n\u003cbr\u003ethemselves of their ancestors' reverence for the grains and gifts of bread. The \n\u003cbr\u003esharing of \n\u003ci\u003eoplatek\u003c\/i\u003e, the Christmas Eve wafer, and the words of love while \n\u003cbr\u003edoing so, continue to bind family and friends together. Although the \n\u003cbr\u003epurpose and meaning may have been lost and forgotten, the \n\u003ci\u003eoczepiny\u003c\/i\u003e ceremony \n\u003cbr\u003e(the unveiling) is still the mainstay of almost every wedding where the bride \n\u003cbr\u003edeclares Polish heritage. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis invaluable resource is \n\u003cbr\u003eperfect for anyone who claims Polish ancestry, diligently practicing that which \n\u003cbr\u003ethey learned at their parents' and grandparents' knees. It is for families who \n\u003cbr\u003ewish to teach Polish heritage and customs to their children, and for anyone \n\u003cbr\u003eseeking to learn more about their Slavic roots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eKnab, Sophie Hodorowicz\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSophie Hodorowicz Knab\u003c\/b\u003e is a noted Polish-American lecturer and author whose books include \n\u003ci\u003ePolish Herbs, Flowers \u0026amp; Folk Medicine, \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePolish Country Kitchen Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eWearing the Letter P: Polish Women as Forced Laborers in Nazi Germany\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Hippocrene Books. 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