#celebrating poland

[prwlnglthr]

miłej kupalnocki, happy midsummer, etc etc etc!

from both me and my favourite slavic-adjacent king!

kupalnocka (noc kupały, kupala night, etc) is the traditional west and east slavic celebration of the summer solstice, love, and cleansing. among a number of other things, women weave garlands of flowers, herbs, and ferns and send them floating down rivers and streams to divine their future luck in relationships. to have it brought back was seen as a confession of love (even if for one night...) and a man would sometimes follow a particular woman's wreath even into deep or dangerous waters to return it. people would head into the forest to search for the legendary fern flower. which does not exist, of course. but who could blame you and maybe somebody of your choice for spending hours, alone, in the woods, all night, looking for such an important, elusive flower...

fun fact: the embroidery pattern is riffed from the traditional handicrafts of a region spread between poland, ukraine, and belarus! most slav per stitch!

[stoneoferech]

Iga Wyrwał

[mental-mona]

https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-unmuting-her-hidden-jewish-roots-polish-singer-amplifies-them-in-yiddish-punk/

[wikitpowers]

i bought myself the tmi graphic novel 👉🏻👈🏻

[megaswagger]

Real

[giraffenbichler]

Seeing this photo tears shot into my eyes 🥺❤️‍🩹

[lottieurl]

identity politics are truly making people say the dumbest shit

[theworldisyonces]

Like Mutha like daughta 💅🏽

[naciapiracia]

is it halloween alreafy. huh

[polish-nt-gifs]

Polish players sang the anthem together with the fans after qualifying for the EURO.

[stoneoferech]

Iga Wyrwał

[chicago-geniza]

Finished the BBC Middlemarch miniseries and unfortunately it's roundabouts 5 am and I can't stop laughing about Will Ladislaw's passionate declaration that "[his] grandfather's only crime was being a poor Polish patriot". MANY SUCH CASES lmfaooooooooooo

[tragedia]

i swear, my grandma's true calling in life would be a mourn watcher if such a thing was possible in real life.

[rolandkaros]

january 1st big day for gay ppl

[le-agent-egg]

lowkey feel bad because today is my name day but for my deadname, and my family is giving me a bunch of wishes and stuff… :(

[theworldisyonces]

Renaissance World Tour: Show 21 - Night 2, PGE Narodowy Stadium - Warsaw, Poland (6/28/23). Last show of the European leg. Beyoncé performing “Pure/Honey”. 🍯