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Dożynki Motifs: Straw, Harvest and Imagination

Dożynki motifs shown in a gate made from stacked straw bales and flowers
A harvest welcome gate made from straw bales and seasonal flowers.

Every year around harvest time, villages across Poland are decorated with colourful Dożynki motifs celebrating the season. Alongside the traditional symbols, you can find some surprisingly creative constructions. Straw bales, flowers, vegetables and other harvest materials can become animals, people, farm machinery, flowers — and sometimes things that are much harder to predict.

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