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Multi-cultural Identity-yesterday , today and tomorrow in Poland.

Multi-cultural Identity-yesterday , today and tomorrow in Poland. ethnic minorities.

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Multi-cultural Identity-yesterday , today and tomorrow in Poland.

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  1. Multi-culturalIdentity-yesterday, today and tomorrowin Poland.

  2. ethnicminorities

  3. The Polish population isn’t completely uniform in terms of culture.Polishcomefromdifferentethnicgroups. ThegroupscomefromvariousPolish regions. Theyhavetheirculture, history, traditions (costumes, music, dances, customs). Theyoftenusetheirowndialect.

  4. PODHALANIE Podhalanie are a mountainpopulation. They live inthePohalańskavalley. Artists praised this region in nineteenth century. Today, commonlyknownarehighlanderdress, Highlander style inarchitecture, music, crafts and dialect.

  5. SILESIANS Silesiansareculturallydiverseethnic group. Theycultivatethetradition of mining. In everyday life, theyuselocaldialect. Silesianshave a strongsense of regionalidentity.

  6. ŁOWICZANIE Łowiczanie are inhabitant of villages In the vicinity of Sierakowice and Łowicz. They are characterized by festive, colorful national costumes so-called ‘pasiaki’. Typical for them are beautiful handicraft products for example very colorful cutouts. Łowicz culture made famous in the Władysław Reymont novel ‘Peasants’.

  7. KURPIE Kurpie inhabit northern Mazoria. They created a distinctive style in construction industry and decorative art. Folk cutouts, braided and furniture are widely know and appreciated. Kurpie area is also famous for magnificent Easter palms.

  8. KASZUBI ‘Kashubians’ Kashubian inhabit part of the Pomeranian Lake District and Gdańsk fringe. They have rich tradition of singing and even their own, original notes. In Pomerania are schools in which teaching is in kashubian language.

  9. national minorities

  10. NATIONAL MINORITIES IN THE PAST • PolishConstitutionadoptedin 1791 prohibitsracialdiscrimination. As a result of thechangesthathadtaken palce in Poland duringWorld War II Poland from a country withvariousstructures of the national state hadbecomealmost a single ethnicity. Onliafter 1989 it was possible to restorethe national minioritiestheirrights.

  11. Thebiggestminorityin Poland is Germany. They live mainlyintheprovince of Opole and Silesia. ThesecondlargestminorityareBelarusians. They live intheeastern part of the country. Ukrainiansarealso a large group. They live intheCarpathian, in Warmia and Mazury and Pomerania. Lithuanians, Gypsies, Slovaks, Armenians, Tatars, Jews and Greeksare a small group of national minoritiesin Poland. Some of theseminorities live incertain regions (eg Tatars live in southern province). Othersarescatteredaroundthe country such as ArmeniansandGypsies.

  12. NATIONAL MINORITIES IN THE FUTURE • In futurethey will be more national minoritiesin Poland. I thinkthattheincreaseinthenumber of national minoritiesis a goodthing. Itmakesusmoretolerant.

  13. To ourschool do not attendany of the national minorities. But ourstudentsareverytolerant and open to newcultures. We arereallyenthusiasticaboutour Comenius partners who live inthe united Europe but comefromdifferent parts of theworld.

  14. Ourworldis so different!

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