Traditions in Norway and Poland!

Traditions in Norway!

There are a lot of different traditions in different countries and cultures. Traditions can be based on religion, for example: Norway is a Christian country – therefore it has a lot of christian traditions. We wanted to make this presentation to compare Norwegian traditions to Polish traditions.

Traditions in Norway! New Year’s Day:

- The year begins in January. We call 1. January: New Year’s day. This day, most shops and schools are closed.

Women’s day:

- 8. March is the international women`s day.

- In the 1970`s several people worked eagerly for equality and woman’s rights.

- In Norway the international women’s day has been celebrated every year since 8. March 1979.

The Workers day

- The international workers day is 1. March.

- Many people walk in parades and show witch political cases they stand for.

Christmas

- As in many other countries Christmas is a great celebration and holliday.

- Chrismas is celebrated with good food, delicious deserts and good company.

- We open presents and enjoy ourselves.

- It is different what christmas means to different people. To some it means to celebrate the birth of Jesus christ, to others it simply means to have a great time and enjoy their families presens.

Easter

- It is Easter in March or April, the time varies from year to year.

- Easter is a Christian celebration.

- For most people Easter isn`t about religion, but some extra days of after the long winter.

- The shops are closed some days and most people get the day of.

- Children that goes to school gets a short vacation.

Ascension day and Pentecost

- 40 days after Easter comes the Ascension day, 10 days after comes the Pentecost (that means 50 days after Easter).

- They are both Christian celebrations.

The national day

- The 17th of May is Norway’s national day.

- We are celebrating that Norway got it`s own constitution 17th of May 1814.

- 17th of May is first and foremost the children’s day, almost every school and kindergarten walks in parades.

- It is most common to wear the Norwegian Bunad.

- Stunning marching men playing lovely music walks in the front, and then schools and kindergarten walks after age.

Confirmation

- When we have our confirmation, you get the opportunity to choose your religion yourself.

- You have your confirmation at the age of 15.

- It is two ways to have your confirmation: In church and bourgeois.

- When you have your confirmation in church, you say yes to continue to follow the Christian religion.

- When you have your confirmation bourgeois, you say no to follow the Christian religion.

-Bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah can remind of a Jewish confirmation.

-Girls often use the norwegian feast suit: Bunad. The bunad also exist for men.

Traditions Traditions in in

Poland Poland

• New Year's Eve • Easter

•Palm sunday• Labour Day

• Constitution of May 3   • All Saints Day

• Independence Day • Christmas

The main christmas in Poland

EASTER

Easter is the most important Christian holiday. In Poland

most of people are Catholics . On those days we celebrate

Easter . We bake cakes, make salads, cook eggs and buy ham. In this days we are

celebrating the death of Jesus.

PALM SUNDAY

is called also The Sunday of the Lord's

Passion . Palm Sunday is a Christian moving feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter.

In many Christian churches,

Palm Sunday includes a procession of the

assembled worshipers carrying palms,

representing the palm branches the crowd scattered in front of Jesus as he rode into

Jerusalem. The difficulty of procuring palms in unfavorable climates led to their

substitution with branches of native

trees, including box, yew, willow, and olive.

THE MAIN DISHES ON THE MAIN DISHES ON CHRISTMAS :CHRISTMAS :

1.Borsch

2.Fish

3.Dumplings

4.Herrings

5. Poppyseed Cake

Polish not only celebrating christmas but they have

some other occasion1) Fat Thursday 2) International

Women's Day 3) First Day of Spring 4) April Fool's day 5) Children's Day 6) Andrew 7) Mastic Monday

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ComparisonSimilarities

Poland Christian country

Only Ascension day

Women’s day

The Workers day

Christmas

Easter

Confirmation When you have your confirmation in church, you say yes to continue to follow the Christian religion.

Norway Christian country

Ascension day and Pentecost

Women’s day

The Workers day

Christmas

Easter

When you have your confirmation in church, you say yes to continue to follow the Christian religion.

Differences

Poland

In the confirmation people can‘t choose their religion

The 11th of November is Poland’s national day.

Mastic day

Fat Thursday

Norway

In the confirmation people can choose their religion

The 17th of May is Norway’s national day .

Girls often use the norwegian feast suit: Bunad. The bunad also exist for men.