Celebrating Christmas in contemporary Poland

Celebrating Christmas in contemporary Poland

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Celebrating Christmas in contemporary Poland

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title:	Celebrating Christmas in contemporary Poland
author:	Gierek Bożena
editor:	Kõive Mare
book title:	The ritual year 6 : the inner and the outer
date of publication :	2011
place of publication : name of publisher:	Tartu : ELM department of folkloristik
pages:	219-248
ISBN:	978-9949-446-93-3
eISBN:	978-9949-446-94-0
series:	The Yearbook of the SIEF working group on the ritual year, ISSN 2228-1347
URL:	http://www.folklore.ee/rl/fo/konve/ritualyear6/kava.pdf http://www.folklore.ee/~liisa/too/RY6/ry6_kaas.pdf
date accessed:	2016-04-15
language:	English
book language:	English
abstract in English:	Christmas, especially the Vigil of Christmas (Christmas Eve) is the most important feast for Polish families. On that day families gather around the table at the Vigil Supper, special dishes are served and various customs observed. The dishes may vary depending on the region in Poland, but the meaning is the same everywhere. In my article I describe preparations for celebration of Christmas, as well customs observed in Poland. First, basing on folklore written materials, I show, how it was in old times, then, basing on the results of the questionnaire distributed among students of the Jagiellonian University in January 2010, I move to contemporary Poland. Finally, by comparing these two sets of material, I conclude with pointing to the possible changes that might have occurred nowadays.
keywords in English:	carols, Christmas Eve, Christmas tree, customs, dishes, folk tradition, mummers, religiosity
number of pulisher's sheets:	1,3
departmental parameterization:	9
conference:	Ritual year 6; 2010-06-04; 2010-06-07; Tallinn; Estonia; ; ; ;
affiliation:	Wydział Filozoficzny : Katedra Porównawczych Studiów Cywilizacji
type:	chapter
subtype:	conference proceedings