It’s a week late, but here’s to Polish Palm Sunday! (Happy Easter, btw) Poland has adopted pre-Christian tradtion of carrying lavishly decorated straws, flowers and ribbons for Palm Sunday parades.

Palm Sunday processions in the Kurpie region of Poland have their roots In earlier pagan traditions. Kurpie palmy are made by tightly weaving greens and dried or paper flowers around pussy wlilow, birch, or other fresh cut branches in a style which recalls the traditional decoration of May Poles.

Thanks to WEIRD FRIENDS who found lots of colorful palmowy images.

Haunting. The loom that once was.
Photographs by Tad Nichols in Glen Canyon Utah 1958.
via Northern Arizona University – Cline Library

Glowing rocks of the southwest desert USA. via Polman Minerals

Beautiful feathers, patterns, textures, colors.
Radiance from the Rain Forest: Featherwork in Ancient Peru exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art until Sept 1.

via britta