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Post by rayane on Mar 15, 2011 4:36:49 GMT -7
Hello everyone! I am a teacher and my students were assigned the country of Poland in the annual Model United Nations conference. We would like to have a mascot represent us, is there anything relevant to Polish culture that we could use as a mascot? Some kind of costume a student could wear?
Thank you!
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Post by wayneprice on Mar 15, 2011 10:01:50 GMT -7
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Post by justjohn on Mar 15, 2011 10:39:35 GMT -7
  Euro 2012 mascots unveiled in Poland Euro 2012 football championship mascots, one wearing Ukraine's national blue and yellow colors and the other Poland's white and red, are presented in Warsaw on November 16. The mascots were officially unveiled Tuesday at a Warsaw ceremony attended by senior UEFA officials and the two national football federations.  WARSAW (AFP) - The mascots for the Euro 2012 football championships to be co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine were officially unveiled Tuesday at a Warsaw ceremony attended by senior UEFA officials and the two national football federations. Like Euro-2008 co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland which had their twins Trix and Flix, the 2012 mascot also features footballing brothers, each wearing a jersey in their national colours, white and red for Poland, blue and yellow for Ukraine. As in the 2008 championship, the names of the mascot brothers will be decided in a vote open to the public on UEFA's official website www.uefa.com. The result will be announced December 4. Inspired by Polish and Ukrainian surnames, voters will be able to choose between Slavek and Slavko or Siemko and Strimko or Klemek and Ladko. Warner Bros. designed the mascots, for the fourth consecutive championships. Four stadiums in Poland -- in Warsaw, Wroclaw, Poznan and Gdansk -- and four in Ukraine, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv and Lviv will play host to Euro-2012.
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Post by Jaga on Mar 15, 2011 13:03:53 GMT -7
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Post by Jaga on Mar 15, 2011 13:05:27 GMT -7
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Post by PolishMama on Mar 15, 2011 17:48:59 GMT -7
Great question! I am going to flag this one for my daughter's school's Country study. One of the classes is doing Poland and I wanted to give the teacher more resources.
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Post by Jaga on Mar 16, 2011 13:36:06 GMT -7
I think there is much more animals which could be related to Polish culture and traditions than the Polish eagle. If you have any more ideas, please share it with us!
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Post by kaima on Mar 16, 2011 14:52:37 GMT -7
I would go for the European Bison as the Polish mascot. Everyone takes the carrion eating eagle in some form as a "noble" symbol, but that is politics. The Euro Bison was exterminated in all of Europe except in Poland along the Polish-Belarus border. They have now been "reconstituted" by careful breeding and are scattered around many places now. Some day I have to get to Bialowieza National Park and watch them in the wild. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bia%C5%82owie%C5%BCa_ForestBesides, it is a beautiful animal.  Now just for a kicker, it is nice that it is shared along the border, and if the Poles and the Belarus people fight over "who owns" the Bison, it will fit alongside the fight the Belarus had with the Lithuanians over the Vytas. Poland and Belarus ....  and the Vytas ... Lithuanian, with the tail UP  and Belarus with the tail DOWN  and this is an existing Belarus use of the Bison in their heraldry ...  |
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Post by Jaga on Mar 16, 2011 20:48:08 GMT -7
Kai, wonderful picture and interesting suggestion  I did not realize that bizon is in Belarussian coat of arms. |
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Post by Jaga on Mar 17, 2011 6:53:24 GMT -7
Chris Gniewosz submitted this interesting story: Wojtek (soldier bear) Wojtek[1] (1942–1963; Polish pronunciation: [ˈvɔjtɛk]) usually spelled Voytek in English, was a Syrian brown bear cub found in Iran and adopted by soldiers of the 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the Polish II Corps. During the Battle of Monte Cassino, Wojtek helped move ammunition. The name "Wojtek" or "Wojciech" is an old Slavic name that is still very common in Poland today. It derives from two words: "woj" (the stem of "wojownik", warrior, and "wojna", war); and "ciech", enjoyment. Thus the name has two meanings: "he who enjoys war" or "smiling warrior", but they are not known even by many Poles. more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(soldier_bear)see also pictures |
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Post by tautur on Mar 17, 2011 12:20:56 GMT -7
We would like to have a mascot represent us, is there anything relevant to Polish culture that we could use as a mascot? Some kind of costume a student could wear? I think that if it comes to modern Poland, the best costiume that your students could wear could be just LEMMING. After Smolensk, we (?) are again famous from such suicidal behavior.  Eventually, they could make up costume of Crow. It is also longtime polish tradition. Especially in Lublin...  |
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Post by Jaga on Mar 17, 2011 15:45:16 GMT -7
Tautor,
good idea. But Poles are actually known for being very individualistic, the do not like following regulations. This is one of the reason for the accident. The president will is more important than the safety...
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Post by Jaga on Mar 17, 2011 15:46:03 GMT -7
Wayne, I did not see your post. Somebody else later also suggested the bear. Good choice! |
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Post by susanexpress on Apr 15, 2011 0:27:05 GMT -7
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Post by kaima on Apr 15, 2011 7:23:34 GMT -7
Susan has been banned for two identical nonsense spam messages/
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