#celebrating poland

[iloveethnicities]

Today is Poland's independence day! Congratulate Poles, Polesia's Belarusians, Gorals, Kashubians, Lipka Tatars, Podlaskie's Lithuanians, Podlashuks, Masovians, Bambers, Kurpies, Łowiczans, Masurians, Międzyrzec Boyars, Poborzans, Podlachians, Greater Polish, Kaliszans, Kuyavians, Kuyavian Borowiaks, Taśtaks, Lesser Polish, Cracovians, Lasovians, Lublinians, Sącz Lachs, Sandomierzans, Kociewians, Łęczycans, Polish Uplanders, Sieradzans, Borderlands Poles, Bug River Poles, Tuchola Borowians, Kocievians, Dolinians, Warmians, Poleshuks, Rusyns, Silesians, Sorbs, Tutejszy, Transcarpathia's Ukrainians, Vilamovians.

Also Polish Armenians, Polish Belarusians, Polish Georgians, Polish Jews, Polish Lithuanians, Polish Roma, Polish Ukrainians.

And Polish Americans, Polish Brazilians, German Poles, Polish Canadians, Icelandic Poles, Swedish Poles, French Poles, Armenian Poles, British Poles, Polish Argentinians, Belarusian Poles, Russian Poles, Polish Australians, Lithuanian Poles, Ukrainian Poles, Irish Poles, Norwegian Poles.

Happy Independence Day of the Republic of 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

[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… :(

[gay-impressionist]

my city ❤️

[ihamtmus]

my family is freaking crazy 😭😭 i've never had this much food in the fridge