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>>> WELCOME BACK. PIEROGIS COUPLE, AND ACCORDION
MUSIC ARE JUST A FEW THINGS YOU
CAN ENJOY AT THE UPCOMING
POLISH FESTIVAL SEATTLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS PART
OF THE FESTIVAL ARE FLOWER
CROWNS.
CROWNS.
CROWNS. AND WE'VE GOT JOANNA GROMADZKA
HERE TO SHOW US HOW TO MAKE
THESE.
THESE.
THESE. TELL US WHAT THE MEANING OF THE
FLOWER CROWN IS.
>> IT HAS PRETTY DEEP MEANING
BUT IT HAS BEEN EVOLVING.
THE COME FROM BEFORE THE 10
CENTURY. THEY CHANGED IT OVER
THE YEARS OF CHRISTIANITY. THAT
IS EXACTLY IN THE --.
>> IS THIS SOMETHING THAT
UNMARRIED WOMEN WEAR DOESN'T
HAVE ANYTHING TO DO A STATUS?
>> YES IT DOES.
IT STARTS WITH THE GIRLS GOING
AND PICKING UP FLOWERS AND
SPECIAL HERBS.
SPECIAL HERBS. THEY CREATE THE CROWNS AND THEY
DANCE WITH THE WREATH.
AND THEY ARE, THEY ARE DANCING
TO HEALTH, FERTILITY AND
STRENGTH.
STRENGTH.
STRENGTH. THEY PUT THE CROWN ON IN THE
NIGHT AND THEN THEY LAUNCH IT
INTO THE WATER AND IT SYMBOLIZES
LOVE AND FOR -- SOMETIMES YOU
CAN EVEN PREDICT THE MARRIAGE.
>> THAT IS AMAZING.
LET'S LEARN HOW TO MAKE THESE.
SO WHAT KIND OF WIRE IS THIS
THAT YOU USED?
>> THIS IS THE TRADITIONAL WAY
TO DO A FLOWER CROWN.
THIS TIME WE HAVE A FLOWER WIRE
AND WE HAVE A LONGER PIECE.
THAT IS HOW WE START.
IF YOU WERE NOT USING THE WIRE,
AND YOU ARE DOING THIS
TRADITIONALLY, HOW WOULD YOU
PUT THIS TOGETHER.
>> IF I WERE DOING IT
TRADITIONALLY, I WOULD NOT USE
THE WIRE.
THE WIRE.
THE WIRE. IT WOULD JUST BE THE FLOWERS.
>> WOW.
>> WOW.
>> WOW. >> IT TAKES TIME THOUGH TO DO
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> THAT IS AMAZING.
SO WHAT ARE THE MEANINGS OF
SOME OF THE HERBS AND FLOWERS
INVOLVED?
INVOLVED?
INVOLVED? >> THEY DO PROTECT THE WOMEN
AND THEY ALSO SYMBOLIZE THE
LOVE THAT THEY HAVE TO GIVE.
SOMETIMES MEN WHO ARE ATTRACTED
TO THE WOMEN WILL JUMP IN THE
WATER TO GET THEM.
AND WHEN THEY DO THAT IT IS
SAID THAT THEY FELL IN LOVE.
SO, THIS WAY THEY CAN EXPRESS
THEIR LOVE. IT SYMBOLIZES A BIG
LOVE AND COURTSHIP.
SO HOW AM I DOING WITH THIS BY
THE WAY.
THE WAY.
THE WAY. YOU DESCRIBE A FEW OF THE
FLOWERS THAT YOU LIKE.
>> IT SMELLS SO GOOD.
>> SO HERE, YOU JUST PICK WHAT
YOU WANT.
YOU WANT.
YOU WANT. >> THE SMELL SO UNBELIEVABLY
GOOD.
GOOD.
GOOD. AND
GOOD. AND SO, YOU CAN CUT THIS AND
KEEP IT FOR LATER.
>> SO YOU CUT THE STEMS OFF.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. AND THEN YOU JUST HOLD THIS
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. >>
YEAR. >> ALL THAT WAY YOU CAN ADD
SOME VOLUME TO IT.
SO WHAT ELSE WILL WE SEE AT THE
FESTIVAL.
FESTIVAL.
FESTIVAL. >> THIS WILL BE A CELEBRATION
FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
THERE WERE DIFFERENT COLORED
POPPIES. YOU CAN ACTUALLY COME
TO THE FESTIVAL AND MAKE YOUR
OWN. WE ALSO HAVE THE FLOWER
WREATHS. YOU CAN GET YOUR
SOUVENIRS AND -- THERE ARE
OTHER THINGS TO SHOW --.
>> YOU TELL ME ARE THERE
SPECIAL FILLING FOR THE TRAN
21.
21.
21. >>
21. >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. I
>> YES. I LOVE HUCKLEBERRY AND LOU
BARRY.
BARRY.
BARRY. >>
BARRY. >> AND A HUCKLEBERRY IS JUST
EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW SO THAT IS
GOOD.
GOOD.
GOOD. BUT
GOOD. BUT BE CAREFUL NOT TO EAT TOO
MANY OF THOSE.
>> THEY ARE VERY EASY TO GET.
WE CAN PUT PARMESAN CHEESE ON OR
CINNAMON.
CINNAMON.
CINNAMON. >> I THINK PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING
TO WANT TO MISS THIS.
IT IS GOOD FOR THE WHOLE
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. THE BEST