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Special Events International Computer Expo, trade fair, Jan, Palace of Culture and Science Warsaw Theatre Meetings, Jan, various venues ‘Fat Thursday’, everyone purchases paczki (jelly-filled doughnut-like pastries) to achieve a better social standing or to absolve past sins, Feb, throughout the city Warsaw Theatre Meetings, Mar, various venues Shrovetide, the biggest Balls of pre-Lent carnival season, Mar, various venues Topienie Marzanny (Drowning of Marzanna), celebrating the end of winter by drowning the witch, Marzanna, 21 Mar, Wisla River Primn Aprilis (April Fools’ Day), 1 Apr, throughout the city Niedziela Palmowa (Palm Sunday), blessing of floral bouquets and processions, late Mar/early Apr, throughout the city Easter Sunday, dawn Mass and processions followed by an Easter breakfast, Easter Sunday, late Mar/early Apr, throughout the city Labour Day, 1 May, throughout the city Constitution Day, 3 May, throughout the city Slaska Noc Swietojanska (Midsummer’s Eve), wreathes with candles on the Wisla River, ending with fireworks, 21 Jun, Wisla River Chopin Music Summer Concerts, Jun-Oct, Sun 1200 and 1600, Lazienki Park, at the Chopin Monument Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Jul-Sep, various venues Anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, 1 Aug, throughout the city Assumption of the Virgin Mary, pilgrimage to the Black Madonna, 15 Aug, Czestochowa Warsaw Autumn, international contemporary music festival, Sep, various venues Warsaw Autumn of Poetry, Oct, various venues Warsaw Film Festival, throughout Oct, various cinemas Jazz Jamboree Music Festival, throughout Oct, various venues Warsaw Theatrical Encounters, Nov, various venues All Saints’ Day, ‘Feast of the Dead’, 1 Nov, throughout the city, especially the cemeteries Independence Day, 11 Nov, throughout the city Independence Day Race, 11 Nov, throughout the city Christmas Fairs, throughout Dec, especially plac Defilad, in front of the Palace of Culture and Science, and plac Zamkovy Sylwester, New Year’s Eve celebrations, 31 Dec, throughout the city |
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