Poland is well-known for its unique and elaborate traditions surrounding Holy Week and Easter. As Poles left their homeland in the 19th and 20th centuries for the promise of a new life in the West, ...

The colourful Polish tradition of making ‘pisanki’, or Easter eggs, is more or less a thousand years old. There are dozens of regional varieties, and the most outstanding specimens are exhibited in ...

Fat Thursday is a Polish tradition that coincides with ... including simply eating forbidden food, until Easter. It is a tradition spent indulging in food, when people meet in their homes or ...