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The Corpus Christi - Boze Cialo tradition
(Pictures from a few different parts of Poland, including Łowicz, Świętochłowice-Lipnie, Klodzko, Krakow, Warszawa, Tuchow, Muszyniec-Kurpie, Olsztyn)
"The dance of sacred pictures in Kashubia, floral carpets in Spycimierz and colourful folk dress at a procession in Łowicz are among the sights and sounds to be admired during the holiday of Corpus Christi."
On the eighth Thursday after Easter, a public holiday, richly adorned altars appear around midday at the head of grand processions down the central streets of Poland’s cities and villages. The Solemn Holiday of the Body and Blood of Christ – Corpus Christi – has been celebrated by the Catholic Church in Poland since 1247, and the first mentions of a procession come from records in the Diocese of Kraków from 1320. Associated with the adoration of Christ in the form of the Host, in the 15th century it evolved into a folk holiday – prayers for good weather, abundant harvest and protection from natural disasters. It comes after the Celebration of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, known as Pentecost, during which, in times long past, wreaths of herbs were woven and then blessed in the church.
The four altars in the Corpus Christi procession symbolize the four gospels, four elements and four sides of the earth, and the processions wind around the altars in the shape of a circle or a square; these figures symbolize a perfect creation, in which nothing can be changed or improved,” the ethnologist adds. In Mazovia, Podlasie and many other regions of Poland the tradition continues of decorating the route of the procession with green branches and cut calamus shoots, filling the air with the beautiful aroma of freshness while also warding off evil spirits. The windows of houses display crosses, candles and sacred pictures.
Full text by Karolina Kowalska on http://poland.pl/poznaj-polske/zwyczaje-i-swieta/boze-ciao/
Photos by and via: Maciek Maziarka, olsztyn.wm.pl, warszawa.gosc.pl, lowicz.naszemiasto.pl, polskiekrajobrazy.pl, Edyta Bryk, www.tuchow.pl, alepieknyswiat.pl, ciekawesciezki.pl, ak.olsnica.pl, chelmno.com.pl, se.pl, Jozef Wieczorek, niematerialne.nid.pl, nklodzko.pl, malanowicz.eu, czestojura.pl, poland.pl, rudyszwald.pl
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