Pawian
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Post by Pawian on Dec 24, 2007 1:08:42 GMT -7
Our world has far long past been far in advanced of this. What have you to offer of what we do not have? Charles or {Karl} Hmm... what can I say?.... hmmm... ehr..... Aaah, yes!! What about wafer sharing? I have just read in online news this tradition is cherished only in Poland and of course in every place where Poles live. What do you think? Are you satisfied? (for a while) hahaha Charles, Merrrrrry Christmas! And Merry Christmas to everyone! |
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Post by bescheid on Dec 24, 2007 8:26:57 GMT -7
Our world has far long past been far in advanced of this. What have you to offer of what we do not have? Charles or {Karl} Hmm... what can I say?.... hmmm... ehr..... Aaah, yes!! What about wafer sharing? I have just read in online news this tradition is cherished only in Poland and of course in every place where Poles live. What do you think? Are you satisfied? (for a while) hahaha Charles, Merrrrrry Christmas! And Merry Christmas to everyone! Dear Pawian Let us expunge the above from the record, and re-eterate... Your Poland is yes, special, for you folks have kept the traditions alive that are special. Yes, of course we have our traditions, but they are more of the festival, not so much of the deep religious binding traditions. Your wafer sharing, is a very sharing sensitive tradition, for it brings and maintains to each, to care. It is my most wish, that you folks never give this up. I shant to bring blame to others for my modern out look of disdain of all things old. For as I have mentioned in another post to Livia, our countries, I just resent our countries being looked at as of a zoo by the tourist industry. It is our land, we work and live as best we have to work with. The tourist will pay to come, to see, then to leave. For them, it is just some thing different. This is not so much in the North low lands, for our weather is not to the liking of tourist, for they wish for the fairy land to our south in Bavaria. I am not sure if this is so in your land of Poland. And perhaps I am on the wrong page in the wrong book, some times I am just not so sure. For of many, it is a return to visit with loved ones and family. For by the forces of changing fortunes, many find them selves separated by time and circumstances, away from their home lands. For then, who am I to judge. Perhaps I just need to drink a glass of vodka and watch the rain against the window for a bit.... Thank you for being your self... Charles |
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Post by Pawian on Dec 25, 2007 11:33:01 GMT -7
In Poland Christmas is a two layer experience. Of course it is mainly a joyful event. But underneath all people try to remember those who were less lucky than we are, those who had to struggle or even die for our Polishness. And those who simply were at the table with us, just ... a year... ten years...a while ago... and who are now gone to the other side... We all somehow are joined in joy today... Yes, on Christmas Eve some Poles go to cemeteries to be with their gone family members again, like in the past. We went too....      A winter candle lantern  |
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Post by Pawian on Dec 25, 2007 12:54:55 GMT -7
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Post by Pawian on Jan 3, 2008 13:15:16 GMT -7
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Post by Pawian on Jan 3, 2008 13:34:28 GMT -7
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Post by Pawian on Jan 3, 2008 13:56:00 GMT -7
Old Slavic people believed that the woods was a magical place. There were spirits and ghosts in it, sometimes demons too. Everybody who went to the woods was special because they were likely to encounter those spirits. People even put on special clothes.... Today we also believe in the magic of the forest and go to it whenever possible. Once I heard two teenage children who seemed to come to the forested area for the first time and they complained to their parents: "What on earth are we supposed to do here? Mum, can we go back to the hotel to play video games in the cafe? I pitied those children so much.... But it wasn`t their fault, it was their parents` because they hadn`t taught their kids to love the forest...   The weather was mixed A scorcher  Cloudy  Dull  Rainy  Stormy  I succedeed in taking a photo of a lightning but it`s a bit vague...  |
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Post by bescheid on Jan 3, 2008 14:46:55 GMT -7
It is so very good that you are teaching your children of the forest. For it is indeed enchanted with the delights of discovery.
It is amazing what children will retain and later appreciate with just a little attention and guidance from us as parents. It is a skill and appreciation children will later in life realize.
And then lo-they teach their children later in life, what they had learnt from you...
Charles
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Post by rdywenur on Jan 3, 2008 15:28:38 GMT -7
More great fotos Pawian. I see your lightning. I have been trying to capture a lightning foto for ever...always elusive to me. And your forest photos which brings to my question; "If a tree falls in a forest with no one to hear it, then does it make a sound?" ;D Tell me oh wise Obi Ka Nobi.
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Post by valpomike on Jan 3, 2008 19:33:15 GMT -7
rdywenur,
Next time use a camera! You have to stand with a golf club waiting for the lightning. Try it, it will work for you.
Michael Dabrowski
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Post by Pawian on Jan 4, 2008 2:28:56 GMT -7
Among nations there are those who are mushroom lovers and experts and those who aren`t. Poles are certainly mushroom lovers although the knowledge of mushrooms sometimes isn`t sufficient and there are cases of poisoning, some fatal. We are lovers too. As I said, the forest is a magical place and when you look for and pick up mushrooms there, you can feel this magic to a greater extent. Some mushrooms are nobler than others. Such a view is a thrill to every picker. The true bolete - the most delicious, irreplaceable in many Polish dishes, especially Christmas ones.   Chanterelles, very valuable mushroom   The brick red bolete, poisonous when eaten raw.     |
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Post by Pawian on Jan 4, 2008 2:51:54 GMT -7
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Post by Pawian on Jan 4, 2008 2:59:59 GMT -7
We always take a frying pan and cook our mushrooms on the same day. Every 3 years I also take jars and make a lot of pickles which are stored in the basement and used on special occasions. Aaa, this aroma...  Most people dry their musjrooms in the sun, sometimes they use professional electric driers.  or such concoctions   |
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Post by leslie on Jan 4, 2008 3:45:05 GMT -7
Pawi
It is always good to see your illuminating photos and read your descriptions of your Polish culture - this is the major aim for which I joined the forum. Although personally very interesting about the mushrooms and their gathering etc., I'm afraid this account would not go well with either of my two successive families; the first. mother and daughter, and the second, mother and two sons. everyone of them hated mushrooms and I was only given permission to cook mushrooms when they were out of the house!!
Leslie
ps. Incidentally you start your 'yesterday at 8.56pm' posting with """Old Slavic people believed that the woods was a magical place."""
I regret having to correct your English as I know you are so proud of it (but why?) as the Sentence should read """Old Slavic people believed that the woods were magical places."""
;D ;D ;D
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Post by leslie on Jan 4, 2008 3:45:41 GMT -7
Pawi
It is always good to see your illuminating photos and read your descriptions of your Polish culture - this is the major aim for which I joined the forum. Although personally very interesting about the mushrooms and their gathering etc., I'm afraid this account would not go well with either of my two successive families; the first. mother and daughter, and the second, mother and two sons. everyone of them hated mushrooms and I was only given permission to cook mushrooms when they were out of the house!!
Leslie
ps. Incidentally you start your 'yesterday at 8.56pm' posting with """Old Slavic people believed that the woods was a magical place."""
I regret having to correct your English as I know you are so proud of it (but why?) as the Sentence should read """Old Slavic people believed that the woods were magical places."""
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and buckets (really) full of mushrooms. 
