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	NationStates \| Spotlight on The Dominion of Marzanna
		Marzanna, politicians are losing their jobs in a plan to make the government 'leaner and fitter'.
		Marzanna, citizens wishing to be parents must undertake a series of gruelling tests to evaluate their capabilities.
		Marzanna, government officials are held to the highest standard of morality.
	www.nationstates.net /cgi-bin/index.cgi/page=display_nation/nation=marzanna (345 words)

	Culture bit
		It expressed their joy at the coming of spring, which meant a rebirth of nature, promising crops and abundance, the marzanna was a representation of winter, a straw female effigy, dressed in white and adorned with coral beads and ribbons.
		Villagers carried the marzanna from house to house, then stripped her and scattered the clothes over the fields.
		As the marzanna was carried out of the village one way, on the opposite side the villagers carried in the maik - green branches adorned with ribbons, coral beads and flowers.
	www.euro.za.pl /culturebit03.php (225 words)

	Warsaw Voice - Drowning Your Sorrows in Spring
		It concerns the "drowning of Marzanna," a large figure of a woman made from various rags and bits of clothing which is thrown into a river on the first day of the spring calendar.
		The reason why Marzanna is dipped and finally drowned in water with a tree honored in her place is a bit more of an assumption.
		Marzanna being burned and drowned is both a symbol of death and new life after catastrophe, winter replaced by spring.
	www.warsawvoice.pl /archiwum.phtml/12764 (753 words)

	Slavic Languages
		Marzanna was a straw figure representing death, winter, disease and, in general, all evil.
		The figure of Marzanna was made from straw and dressed in local women’s clothing.
		Next, Marzanna was carried to the river bank, burned, and, while still in flames, thrown into a local river or pond.
	www.lsa.umich.edu /slavic/dept/WebBasedLanguage/Polish/Culture/Marzanna.htm (537 words)

	The Running Network -- National News -- Article
		Where the men were duking it out, Marzanna Helbik of Pszczyna, Poland took off after mile two, hit in 11.35 and by three miles in 17.28, she had eight seconds over 1999 Columbus winner Tatiana Titova.
		Marzanna wanted that course record, and remained on record pace through 13, then 2:32 pace through mile 20, which she hit in 1:57.28.
		In every dream, there is a place where reality hits, and Marzanna ran her last 10k honorably, if slowed, with a 38.56 last ten thousand meters, giving her a win and a time of 2:36.28.
	www.runningnetwork.com /news/29598.html (873 words)

	Marzanna Kielar - a brilliant young poet
		Marzanna Bogumila Kielar was born in 1963 in Goldap, a small town in the North-Eastern corner of Poland.
		Marzanna's poems are full of images and often they are images of a sunny landskape.
		On another web page of Marzanna you can see another of her verses, entitled The Beach.
	www.geocities.com /wlodek_fenrych/czas_kultury/kielar.htm (231 words)

	Culture at Poland.com - Literature, Poetry, Music, Film, Thatre, Polish Nobel laureates, Cuisine, Lifestyle, Polish ...
		It expressed their joy at the coming of spring, which meant a rebirth of nature, promising crops and abundance, the marzanna was a representation of winter, a straw female effigy, dressed in white and adorned with coral beads and ribbons.
		As the marzanna was carried out of the village one way, on the opposite side the villagers carried in the maik - green branches adorned with ribbons, coral beads and flowers.
		Today drowning the marzanna is mainly done by children on 21 March, which are the first day of spring and an unofficial truants' day.
	culture.poland.com /culture-tradition.php (2088 words)

	Sinking of Marzanna - Pagan Traditions of Spring - Polish Culture
		"Marzanna" was prepared as a doll clothed in female cloths who was burned and sunk on 7th of March in Silesia and Big Poland (Wielkopolska) regions.
		The other dates of ritual of burning Marzanna is the 4th Sunday of the Lent (called also the White Sunday, Black Snday or Death Sunday) or March 21st - the beginning of Spring.
		Marzanna puppet doll was walked through the houses of the village with the green branch of jupiter in her hand.
	culture.polishsite.us /articles/art297fr.htm (449 words)

	Polish Writing: kielar
		Marzanna Bogumiła Kielar (born in 1963), philosophy graduate, gained critical acclaim with her first book of poems Sacra conversazione (1992), which immediately received two very prestigious poetry awards: the Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna Prize, and the Kościelski Foundation Prize.
		Her long-awaited second volume, Materia prima, was shortlisted for the NIKE Literary Prize, the most prestigious of Polish awards, in 2000.
		In the strangely appealing landscapes of Kielar’s poetry mystery has to be faced with awe, death has to be challenged with creativity.
	www.polishwriting.net /?s=author&c=kielar (425 words)

	Drowning of Marzanna (Topienie Marzanny) - Poland \| iExplore
		Drowning of Marzanna (Topienie Marzanny) - Poland
		Celebrating the end of winter and the arrival of spring, an effigy of the witch Marzanna is drowned in Wisla River.
		The witch, usually made from old clothes stuffed with rags, is said to represent sickness, evil and bad fortune and her drowning symbolises the arrival of spring and better times.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Poland/Event/12585 (221 words)

	Amazon.com: Salt Monody (New Polish Writing): Marzanna Kielar, Elzbieta Wojcik-Leese: Books
		The austerity of Marzanna Kielar's mindscape compels with its monochromy.
		Marzanna Bogumila Kielar (b.1963, Goldap), a graduate in philosophy from Warsaw University, works at the College of Special Needs Education in Warsaw and co-operates with the literary magazine Krasnogruda.
		Marzanna Bogumila Kielar works at the College of Special Needs Education in Warsaw and co-operates with the literary magazine Krasnogruda, published by the "Pogranicze" Foundation.
	www.amazon.com /Salt-Monody-New-Polish-Writing/dp/0939010860 (772 words)

	Music @ Wesleyan
		Marzanna Poplawska holds a MA in Musicology from Warsaw University.
		Her Ph.D. dissertation entitled "Christian Music and Inculturation in Indonesia" examines the phenomenon of inculturation, with its theoretical, political and sociological implications, in Indonesian Christian music, with a focus on central Java and the island of Flores.
		Marzanna's primary interests encompass the musical traditions of Indonesia, South East Asia, and Central-Eastern Europe.
	www.wesleyan.edu /music/grads_completed.html (235 words)

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		Singer Marzanna Bachowska and pianist Tomasz Aleksander create a unique program that joins Polish poetry together with the music composed by T. Aleksander.
		Marzanna Bachowska znana jest w naszym środowisku polonijnym ze swego wspaniałego głosu i aktorskiego talentu.
		Below Tomasz and Marzanna after the concert at the BPH, March 9.
	www.polishhomefoundation.org /events/PolnaRapsodia.htm (275 words)

	Gromotowicz - U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Warsaw, Poland
		U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Victor Ashe, met with Marzanna Gromotowicz
		U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Victor Ashe, met with Marzanna Gromotowicz, high school teacher of English from Czestochowa on September 7.
		Gromotowicz participated in the “Study of the United States Institutes for Secondary Educators” program funded by the U.S. Department of State which focused exclusively on increasing the understanding of a variety of aspects of U.S. society, including American culture, politics, history, economy, and education.
	poland.usembassy.gov /poland/state_alumni/gromotowicz.html (252 words)

	POLISH CULTURAL INSTITUTE
		The austerity of Marzanna Kielar’s midscape compels with its monochromy.
		Her poems insistently return to northern Poland cataloguing the sea, fog, wind, lakes, rivers, woods, fields and crows.
		Czerniawski’s translations of the poems succeed in replicating the particular qualities of their Polish originals.
	www.polishculture.org.uk /books_poetry.html (255 words)

	Human Flower Project
		In that spirit across Silesia, as Aries enters—March 21—it’s time to drown Marzanna, the frost queen.
		In Slovakia, the tradition was formerly observed by older women but began to fade out in the 1930s.
		Ethnographer Elena Benusova writes that it was teenagers who revived the custom—“Girls that used to get together for spinning.” They would parade the Marzanna (called “Morena” in the Orava region) around the village singing, then going into the fields to plant flax.
	www.humanflowerproject.com /index.php/weblog/here_you_go_marzanna (459 words)

	Karl Denton Photography Gallery 4
		GALLERY FOUR - Marzanna Owinski - Part of the Mothers and Children series...
		When I found out that Marzanna was pregnant I knew that I wanted her to be a part of the series because I have never met a more beautiful pregnant woman.
		We shot on Wednesday and just in time she delivered a son on Monday.
	www.karldenton.com /gallery4.htm (127 words)

	YouTube - Płynąca Marzanna
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		Podpalona i płynąca Wieprzówką Marzanna IV RP Added: March 21, 2007 (Less info)
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	www.youtube.com /watch?v=wVDOQX_2mP4 (110 words)

	Forums - iStock in Action - Found one of mine + one from Marzanna Syncerz \| iStockphoto.com
		Forums - iStock in Action - Found one of mine + one from Marzanna Syncerz
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		Found one of mine + one from Marzanna Syncerz
	www.istockphoto.com /forum_messages.php?threadid=56744&page=1 (82 words)

	The book "The Power of Everyday Life" by Marzanna Graff-Oszczepalińska published by WDS in Sandomierz \| ...
		The book "The Power of Everyday Life" by Marzanna Graff-Oszczepalińska published by WDS in Sandomierz
		The book "The Power of Everyday Life" by Marzanna Graff-Oszczepalińska published by WDS in Sandomierz
		The book contains 18 frank confessions about the important things in life, things which makes us strong and places where we can seek help.
	www.icommunity.tv /node/676 (371 words)

	UNI/ETH - FGCZ - Marzanna Künzli-Gontarczyk
		UNI/ETH Zurich - FGCZ - People - Künzli-Gontarczyk, Marzanna, PhD
		Marzanna is responsible for the Affymetrix Gene Expression Service and the Ultra Hight Throughput Sequencing workflows.
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	www.fgcz.ethz.ch /people/mkuenzli/index (105 words)

	SuicideGirls > Members > Marzanna
		Would you like to ressurect Marzanna’s former SG glory?
		Nothing says "I miss you" like recharging the account of a wayward SG member.
		Notify me only (You can surprise Marzanna at your leisure)
	suicidegirls.com /members/Marzanna (585 words)

	91st Meridian - Marzanna Kielar
		Marzanna Kielar, who teaches philosophy in Warsaw, has published two volumes of poetry, Sacra Conversazione (1992) and Materia Prima (2000).
		A German selection of her writing, In den Rillen eisiger Stunden, has in 2001 received the Herman Lenz Preis.
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	www.uiowa.edu /~iwp/91st/91st_Archive/vol2_n2/vol2_n2AUTH_KIELAR.html (437 words)

	Create a free Post Card from Poland - 'Marzanna burning' - Travellerspoint
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	www.travellerspoint.com /pcsendcard.cfm?PhotoID=23621 (57 words)

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