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Family Day in the D classes – a Slavic village and postrzyżyny

A Slavic village prepared for Family Day in the D classes: tables with old-time food and herbs, straw dolls, a loom and a spinning wheel, a tent arranged like a cottage, and a re-enactment of the legend of Piast the Wheelwright and the postrzyżyny (first haircut rite) of Siemowit.

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13 May 2025

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A table of old-time food: bread, carrots, beetroot, groats and dried herbs against a forest photo mural.

Two women at a long Slavic village table with apples, herbs and bread, with a green tent in the background.

A wooden bowl full of golden little pancakes against jars of preserves and a bunch of dried herbs.

Straw dolls in hats and lace dresses standing on an exhibition table.

Old kitchen utensils: jugs, a mortar, wooden spoons and baskets of vegetables next to an illustrated description.

A re-enactment of the postrzyżyny on stage: an adult leans over a seated figure, next to a speech bubble reading ‘Rachu ciachu i po strachu!’ (roughly ‘Snip, snip, nothing to fear!’).

A narrator in a linen costume beside a figure in a white shirt on the stage steps, with a speech bubble above reading ‘postrzyżyny!’.

A table with little pancakes on a red tray, flour, a rolling pin and dough, labelled with handwritten tags.

A table with bread, leeks, cabbage, groats and herbs in labelled bowls, against a forest photo wallpaper.

A wooden loom and a small weaving frame with blue yarn on a table covered with a lace tablecloth.

A green tent arranged like a Slavic cottage: bedding, bundles of dried herbs and sheepskins.

A room with an exhibition: a long table with straw figures and a loom, with presenters and seated pupils in the background.

A glass jar of yellow flowers and green buds steeped in an amber liquid, seen from above.

A narrator in white clothes and a headscarf at a table with a spinning wheel, balls of wool and a bowl of vegetables.

A hand wearing a black bracelet holds a wooden bowl with a savoy cabbage and a leek on a lace tablecloth.

A narrator in a linen costume and white headscarf tells the story holding two vessels, with the tent cottage in the background.

A narrator in white clothes puts on felt footwear while pupils sitting nearby watch closely.

A narrator winds a green ribbon by a spinning wheel, a loom and a clay jug, with the audience in the background.

Pupils sit on the floor of the room and listen to the narrator; on the screen is an illustration of a wooden cottage.

A long table with a lace tablecloth: a spinning wheel, a loom, skeins of wool and printed descriptions laid out.

A table of refreshments: watermelon, strawberries, cupcakes, biscuits and a wicker basket of sweets.

A fabric with a landscape made from natural materials: mountains, trees, cottages and a boat by the shore.

A wicker basket of chopped wood and a pile of branches arranged in a cone against a forest photo mural.

A table with a wooden boat, straw figures and description cards on a lace doily.

A presenter with a bundle of brushwood and a narrator in a linen costume holding a book stand next to the tent.

Pupils sit on the floor in front of a table with a loom and listen to two presenters by the green tent.

Wide shot of the room: pupils on the floor listen to presenters standing by the tent and the exhibition tables.

The postrzyżyny scene: a woman in black cuts a lock of hair from a seated figure, next to a narrator with a bowl.

Another shot of the postrzyżyny rite: a man, the narrator and a woman with scissors stand by the seated figure.

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