1st of November in French Coutryside - Central France

Elzbieta Porteneuve — Fri Nov 01, 2013 5:06 am

Author: Elzbieta Porteneuve

Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 5:06 am

Here is a pic of 1st of November in French Coutryside - Central France, small village less than 300 inhabitants, stone houses scattered on the hills, 400 m above sea level.

Morning market: flowers, fresh chicken, market booth with meat, another one with cheeses.

An urban organization of a French village is quite different to ones I know from Poland (very few, it's my personal perception). There is very often a kind of circular center (a Polish architect living in France invented a word for that "circulade"), and a main street/road touch it like a tangent line.

On Polish graves we put often if not always all first and last names, as well as dates of birth and death.
In France they put only family names, sometimes listing first and last names, but it's exceptional when you see years of birth and death.

On Polish graves today November 1st, you will have thousands of lights, if one day someone makes night satellite pictures above Poloand you will see all cemeteries in our country.

No lights in French coutryside (but always on Polish graves at Père Lachaise in Paris).

Best,
Elzbieta

1st of November: All Saints Day in Poland

Agnieszka Pawlus — Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:33 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:33 am

Tomorrow is a very important day for all Polish people: All Saints Day. The tradition is to light candles and visit the graves of deceased relatives. Whole families will be traveling in Poland, to their ancestors' villages and towns, to meet at the cemeteries.

We are also thinking about the famous Polish people who passed away in 2013.
Here are some of them:
Józef Glemp, a Polish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, died on 23rd of January
Bronek Spigel, one of the last living participants of Warsaw Getto uprising, died on 9th of May Lucjan Szołajski, the reader in the Polish television, the most recognizable voice in the Polish TV, died on 4th of June
Sławomir Mrożek, Polish dramatist, writer and cartoonist, died on 15th of August
Jarosław Smietana, jazz guitarist and composer, died on 2nd of September
Joanna Chmielewska, Polish novelist and screenwriter, died on 7th of October
Edmund Niziurski, author of numerous humorous novels and stories for children, adolescents and adults, died on 9th of October
Tadeusz Mazowiecki, the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe after World War II, died 3 days ago, on 28th of October

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