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    Paczki Day: Long line outside a Polish bakery in Hamtramck MI, 2009

    Paczki Day is celebrated on the Thursday (Tlusty Czwartek or "Fat Thursday") before Lent in Poland, but on Shrove Tuesday before Lent in North America. Why is that?

    On their arrival in North America, Polish immigrants discovered that many American Catholics celebrated Mardi Gras ("Fat Tuesday") which culminated on Tuesday. Hence, the date was amended to conform to local customs.


    Paczki Day: Long line outside a Polish bakery in Gdynia, Poland, 2009

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    Karen Wisniewski & Dennis Benarz, USA, 2007-2010
    Music: "Too Fat Polka"
    Layout: Dionizy Bieniasz