Colourful and mysterious Polish EasterOn Palm Sunday preceding Easter, an unusual procession is held in Lyse, a village in the Kurpie region, and in Lipnica Murowana near Bochnia. Some 25 metretall Easter "palms" soar up over the crowd. Made of wicker and wood, decorated with paper flowers, these palms are slender and surprisingly solid. Corpus Christi processions also represent the ancient religious and folk customs. Especially famous are those held in Lowicz. Women’s costumes glitter with colours of the four seasons and the procession looks like a parade of field flowers. |
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