"Polish observance"

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6 December 2025

In Katowice, Poland, on December 5, 2025, a miner participates in the St. Barbara's Day celebration at the Staszic-Wujek Coal Mine at the Walcownia Zinc Metallurgy Museum. Barborka is a traditional miners' holiday celebrated on Saint Barbara's Day on December 4. She is the patron saint of a good death and hard work. On this day, miners attend a solemn mass, and a miners' orchestra is seen in the street.

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#13062635

6 December 2025

Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland, attends the Barborka Academy of the Staszic-Wujek Coal Mine at the Walcownia Zinc Metallurgy Museum in Katowice, Poland, on December 5, 2025. Barborka is a traditional miners' holiday celebrated on Saint Barbara's Day on December 4. She is the patron saint of a good death and hard work. On this day, miners attend a solemn mass, and a miners' orchestra is seen in the street.

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#13062636

6 December 2025

Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland, attends the Barborka Academy of the Staszic-Wujek Coal Mine at the Walcownia Zinc Metallurgy Museum in Katowice, Poland, on December 5, 2025. Barborka is a traditional miners' holiday celebrated on Saint Barbara's Day on December 4. She is the patron saint of a good death and hard work. On this day, miners attend a solemn mass, and a miners' orchestra is seen in the street.

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6 December 2025

Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland, attends the Barborka Academy of the Staszic-Wujek Coal Mine at the Walcownia Zinc Metallurgy Museum in Katowice, Poland, on December 5, 2025. Barborka is a traditional miners' holiday celebrated on Saint Barbara's Day on December 4. She is the patron saint of a good death and hard work. On this day, miners attend a solemn mass, and a miners' orchestra is seen in the street.

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#13062638

6 December 2025

Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland, attends the Barborka Academy of the Staszic-Wujek Coal Mine at the Walcownia Zinc Metallurgy Museum in Katowice, Poland, on December 5, 2025. Barborka is a traditional miners' holiday celebrated on Saint Barbara's Day on December 4. She is the patron saint of a good death and hard work. On this day, miners attend a solemn mass, and a miners' orchestra is seen in the street.

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#13062639

6 December 2025

Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland, attends the Barborka Academy of the Staszic-Wujek Coal Mine at the Walcownia Zinc Metallurgy Museum in Katowice, Poland, on December 5, 2025. Barborka is a traditional miners' holiday celebrated on Saint Barbara's Day on December 4. She is the patron saint of a good death and hard work. On this day, miners attend a solemn mass, and a miners' orchestra is seen in the street.

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#13062640

6 December 2025

Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland, attends the Barborka Academy of the Staszic-Wujek Coal Mine at the Walcownia Zinc Metallurgy Museum in Katowice, Poland, on December 5, 2025. Barborka is a traditional miners' holiday celebrated on Saint Barbara's Day on December 4. She is the patron saint of a good death and hard work. On this day, miners attend a solemn mass, and a miners' orchestra is seen in the street.

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6 December 2025

Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland, attends the Barborka Academy of the Staszic-Wujek Coal Mine at the Walcownia Zinc Metallurgy Museum in Katowice, Poland, on December 5, 2025. Barborka is a traditional miners' holiday celebrated on Saint Barbara's Day on December 4. She is the patron saint of a good death and hard work. On this day, miners attend a solemn mass, and a miners' orchestra is seen in the street.

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#13059510

5 December 2025

KRAKOW, POLAND - DECEMBER 4: Police monitor the annual 'Pochod Lisow' (March of the Foxes) as students, staff, and mining community members from AGH University of Science and Technology parade through Krakow's city center toward St. Anne's Collegiate Church for the Barborka Mass amid evening fog, in Krakow, Poland, on December 4, 2025. The procession forms part of AGH's long-established Barborka celebrations, marking St. Barbara's Day with student customs, ceremonial marching and a festive service at the historic church.

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5 December 2025

KRAKOW, POLAND - DECEMBER 4: Police monitor the annual 'Pochod Lisow' (March of the Foxes) as students, staff, and mining community members from AGH University of Science and Technology parade through Krakow's city center toward St. Anne's Collegiate Church for the Barborka Mass amid evening fog, in Krakow, Poland, on December 4, 2025. The procession forms part of AGH's long-established Barborka celebrations, marking St. Barbara's Day with student customs, ceremonial marching and a festive service at the historic church.

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#13059167

5 December 2025

KATOWICE, POLAND - DECEMBER 4: Members of the mining community and their families leave St. Anne Church after attending the Holy Mass on St. Barbara's Day, the patron saint of miners, in the Nikiszowiec district of Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, on December 4, 2025.

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#13059168

5 December 2025

KATOWICE, POLAND - DECEMBER 4: Members of the mining community leave St. Anne Church after attending the Holy Mass on St. Barbara's Day, the patron saint of miners, in the Nikiszowiec district of Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, on December 4, 2025.

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5 December 2025

KATOWICE, POLAND - DECEMBER 4: Members of the mining community and their families leave St. Anne Church after attending the Holy Mass on St. Barbara's Day, the patron saint of miners, in the Nikiszowiec district of Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, on December 4, 2025.

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#13059164

5 December 2025

KATOWICE, POLAND - DECEMBER 4: Members of the mining community and their families leave St. Anne Church after attending the Holy Mass on St. Barbara's Day, the patron saint of miners, in the Nikiszowiec district of Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, on December 4, 2025.

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#12980235

11 November 2025

WARSAW, POLAND - NOVEMBER 11, 2025: Participants praying and reciting the rosary march with religious images during the Independence March commemorating the 107th anniversary of Poland's return to sovereignty, in Warsaw, Poland, on November 11, 2025. Thousands gathered in the capital to mark National Independence Day.

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#12979528

11 November 2025

Polish President Karol Nawrocki delivers a speech during the Independence Day celebrations in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Pilsudski Square in Warsaw, Poland, on November 11, 2025.

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