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The Most Popular Polish Christmas Carols | Article | Culture.pl
What was Chopin’s favourite carol? It’s hard to imagine Christmas without carols. You can hear them everywhere: in shopping malls, cafés, on the street, on the radio and television. Here are the stories of those that are most popular.
The 12 Dishes of Polish Christmas | Article - Culture.pl
Dec 12, 2013 · In Poland, Christmas Eve dinner is the one of most important celebrations of the year. Although this meal is reserved for the closest family, it’s customary to set an extra plate and seat for an unexpected guest, or even a vagrant. Most of the dishes served are cooked specifically for this special ...
The Polish Language: A Cheatsheet for Beginners - Culture.pl
Learn Polish with Culture.pl! Below you’ll find (almost) all our best content about the Polish language in one handy place. It’s the perfect entry point to your new love affair with Poland’s fair tongue. First things first – which in this case means the alphabet. Among the magnificent 32 ...
10 Craziest Polish Tongue Twisters | Article - Culture.pl
From tongue-twisters that could save your life, to ones that could twist your eye. Here are the top ten Polish tongue twisters, thoroughly explained and annotated – not that it makes them any easier to pronounce!
11 Key Facts about the Polish Language | Article | Culture.pl
1. 40 million speakers worldwide! Polish as mother tongue is spoken by some 40 million people worldwide which makes it the second largest Slavic language in the world – and a perfect gateway to other Slavic languages! While the majority of this …
Polish Christmas Eve Traditions | Article - Culture.pl
Nov 26, 2015 · Like in most Central European countries, Christmas in Poland is a quaint and much-beloved affair. However, while Germanic traditions, like decorating trees, have spread so far as to be unsurprising, Polish customs remain delightfully distinctive.
Polish Vampires: Bloody Truth behind Dark Myth - Culture.pl
Jul 30, 2015 · From the ancient lore of the Slavic peoples through the Polish Romantic literature of Mickiewicz up to contemporary inspirations and the most recent archaeological finds, Polish vampires continue to curdle blood and inspire awe. While contemporary popular culture tends to point toward Transylvania ...
A Foreigner's Guide to Polish Folk Art | Article | Culture.pl
Apr 2, 2015 · To some, Poland is a country of grey apartment blocks, winter and… polar bears. Well, it might be for those who never heard about Poland and its rich culture. But if you saw Eurovision 2014 or if you’ve already visited Poland and managed to stop by a souvenir shop, you probably know that there’s a lot of colour and adornments to our craft!
The 9 Most Unpronounceable Words in Polish | Article - Culture.pl
Germans look at Polish and see incomprehensible series of consonants. While to the east, Polish sounds so strange to Russians that they even have a verb for Poles speaking their language: pshekat.To top it off, Czechs think Poles sound like Czech children with a speech disorder.