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POLISHCAROLS
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Partoneconcernsritualsongsconcerningtheeventsconnectedwiththe
comingofGodtoEarth.TheyarecommonlyperformedduringChristmastime.
TheyhaveanextensivehistoryandconstituteanimportantelementofPolish
culture.InhistoricalperiodsofimportanceforthePolishnation,theyhadthe
rankofpatrioticsongsandservedassymbolsofPolishidentity.Thenational
Polishandfolkoriginisalsovisibleinthestructureofthepieces.Inaddition,
Polishcarolsarecharacterisedbyawealthoflinguisticphenomenaandbythe
preservationofarchaicforms.
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Parttwo:ThepieceentitledOnnarodzeniuPańskim,commonlyknownasBóg
sięrodzi[GodisBorn],isconsideredasthe“queenofallPolishcarols”.Itwaswrit-
tenbyFranciszekKarpiński,aSentimentalistPolishpoet.Thecarolincludesdis-
tinctnationalandsocialelementsrelatedtothedemandsforequalityamong
people.
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Partthree:CarolscanalsobefoundinPolishpoetry.Theywerewrittenmostly
intimesofwars,nationalemergencyandstrugglesforfreedom.Poetsusedto
writepoemsstylisedascarols,oftenchallengingtheconventions(anti-carols)
andsettingtheNativitysceneintheircontemporaryreality(meta-carols).
