What's Up :: Poles celebrate name day

This is an ages long tradition in Poland whereby children are given the name of a patron saint with celebrations of 'imieniny' often receiving greater emphasis than birthdays, especially among elders

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Presented by Sławek Szefs with Agnieszka Bielawska

We will also tell you about the recent custom of organizing Three Kings parades in Polish cities and look back at one of the largest meteorite showers in recorded history which occured near the town of Pułtusk in 1868.