We were meeting a friend at The Dubliner Friday night. The Dubliner is an Irish pub located in a castle – Kaiserhaus to be more specific. It was built in the early 1900s for Kaiser Wilhelm II.
As we crossed the grounds, we stopped to view an exhibition about the 1956 Uprising in Poznan. There were photos and the history of events were told in Polish and English. So as we came around to the front of the castle and saw a huge parade coming down the street, my natural conclusion was to assue that this parade was in commemoration of the 1956 Uprising. I don’t know if that’s really the case. Maybe someone can clarify this for me. (This isn’t the case; see Kasia’s comment for the proper explanation.)
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| The monument in the background can be seen here; it commemorates the 1956 Uprising. |
An accountant by trade and a food blogger since 2009, Lois Britton fell in love with Polish cuisine during the years she lived in Poznań, Poland. As the creator of PolishHousewife.com, she loves connecting readers with traditional Polish recipes. Lois has a graduate certificate in Food Writing and Photography from the University of South Florida. She is the author of The Polish Housewife Cookbook, available on Amazon and on her website.
Kasia
Lois – in the catholic church, the second Friday after the Corpus Christi Day is the Feast of the Sacred Heart. This is what the procession was for. The procession started in Jezyce (part of Poznan) and they walked to the Adam Mickiewicz Square because there used to be a Holy Sacred Heart Monument there. That monument was destroyed by the Germans in 1939.
The somber songs you heard were
Lois B
Kasia – thanks for taking the time to explain it I knew one of my Polish readers would have the real story.