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Will the polonaise dance its way onto UNESCO heritage list?

Known as “polonez” in Polish, it is a Polish stately processional dance performed by couples who walk around the dance hall. Cracovia Danza Ballet

In this episode of the Debrief, we speak to Romana Agnel from Cracovia Danza and Alek Laskowski from the Chopin Institute about one of Poland’s most famous dances and moves to put it on the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage.

Campaign launched to add Polonaise dance to UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage

The campaign was initiated by Polish dancer and choreographer Romana Agnel, founder of the Cracovia Danza Court Ballet in Kraków, the only professional court and historical dance ensemble in Poland.

Polish apiculture on UNESCO heritage list

Polish apiculture has been included on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative List, the Polish culture ministry announced on Thursday. This is the second Polish entry on the list after Krakow's nativity scene tradition.

Serenading, egg painting and seed sowing just three of the traditions to make it on to list of intangible cultural heritage

The list of intangible cultural heritage is part of an international effort to preserve traditions under the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Mastermind that reconstructed Warsaw's Old Town’s to finally be honoured

Described as one of Warsaw’s greatest heroes, Jan Zachwatowicz’s defining project has previously been inducted onto UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

Webinar to mark 40th anniversary of Warsaw's Old Town's UNESCO listing

International experts will mark the 40th anniversary of adding the Historic Centre of Warsaw to the UNESCO's World Heritage List during an online seminar to be held on October 21.

Two’s company: the lure of Toruń and Bydgoszcz

Just a short train ride from Warsaw are two contrasting cities that lie only a stone’s throw apart.

On the 40th anniversary of Warsaw’s Old Town being added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list, TFN takes a look at the ‘youngest’ Old Town and its many wonders

Decimated during WWII, with its churches, palaces, and market-place, spanning history from the 13th to the 20th century, Warsaw’s Old Town is a splendid and meticulous restoration - a true phoenix from the flames, says’s TFN’s Joanna Jasińska.

Dazzling 13th century Wieliczka Salt Mine to reopen – and here’s a peek at what you’ve been missing!

The stunning mine, carved entirely out of salt and containing over 2,000 different rooms, is on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list and annually attracts over a million tourists from all over the world.

Monumental effort: Poland’s historic monuments stand tall

As world marks International Monuments Day, TFN looks at some of Poland’s finest.

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Art & Culture

Tokarczuk teams up with illustrator Joanna Concejo for latest book described as ‘an experiment with form’

The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

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‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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