2. SLAVIC MYTHOLOGY

3. SLAVIC CULT OF FIRE

4. SWARÓG
(English: Svarog)
GODS OF
THE SUN AND
FIRE

5. GODS OF THE
SUN AND
FIRE
SWAROŻYC
(English: Svarožič)
– A SON OF
SWARÓG

6. Festival of Slavs and Vikings

7. Slavs

9. THE FIRST POLISH
SETTLEMENT - BISKUPIN

10. BONFIRES, DANCES AND FUN
POLISH
TRADITIONS - WHIT

11. ST. JOHN’S EVE– MIDSUMMER

12. St. Anne’s Hill
Polish extinct volcano

13. BAKING TRADITIONAL POLISH BREAD

14. Poles used to be great smiths

15. They would produce some of the
best weapons

16. Polish knights – heroes of every
princess

17. Polish cannons – witnesses of
some wars and historical events

18. THE INVENTOR OF THE
SORCERER’S STONE?

19. TRUTH
OR
MYTH?
Polish Alchemist
Michał Sędziwój
( 1566 – 1636)

20. THE POLISH IDEA –
PETROLEUM REFINING
Ignacy
Łukasiewicz

21. It helped him invent a gas lamp…

22. … and illuminate the whole of Europe

23. The first Polish trains were steam trains

24. SOMETIMES FIRE DESTROYS
Warsaw during World War II (1939-1945)
Poland was the first to fight

25. Poles rebuilt the Polish capital
after World War II

26. The Warsaw Main Square is on
UNESCO list

27. The Summer Festival of Fire in
Ostróda

28. POLISH FIREDANCERS

29. Unfortunately summer fires of
forests and buildings are still a big
problem

30. But we have also some of the best
firefighters in the world!

31. They work all
year – even in
the winter

32. POLISH SCOUTING AND CAMPS

34. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION