'The polonaise (Polish: polonez) is a slow dance of Polish origin, in 3/4 time. Its name is French for "Polish." Polonaise is a widespread dance in carnival parties. It is always a first dance at a studniówka ("hundred-days"), the Polish equivalent of the senior prom, which is approximately 100 days before exams.'
'Pan Tadeusz [by Adam Mickiewicz] is recognized as the national epic of Poland. It is compulsory reading in Polish schools. A film based on the poem was made in 1999 by Andrzej Wajda.' If you watch this fragment of the film, you will see a polonaise:
Don’t worry if you don’t understand what they say, there is a lot of old-fashioned vocabulary you will never need. You can learn the phrase starting at 0:55 sec. – Poloneza czas zacząć! And at 3:20 begins Inwokacja – the most famous piece from Pan Tadeusz that every child in Poland learns by heart at school. Well, you can try it if you want... ;D
(info copied from Wikipedia)
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