Today, a slight review will be put on the celebration of Easter in Poland. Not with a religious angle, but more specifically on the preparation and aspects typically Polish, that probably don't exist in France or elsewhere.

First, one week before Easter we celebrate Palm Sunday. In Krakow, the branches are made of colored dry grass. Well illustrated in the following picture:

The left one is made by myself, and that right was bought on the main Market Square where they are sold each year.

On Saturday, families go to church with baskets like these:

In these pictures, you can recognize different products, most of them have a real symbolic:

* The egg symbolizes new life, resurrection, the beginning, etc.

* The bread is the basic product on the table and the symbol of Christ's body

* Salt and pepper are the symbols of protection against rot. They are also synonymous with immortality.

* The sausage is a symbol of wealth

* The horseradish represents the victory against grief

* Lamb is synonymous of Christ

* The baba (a type of cake made with yeast) represents perfection and know-how.

And so, all these products are eaten for breakfast on Sunday.

Renata