Nurturing the tradition of the Polish national minority in Kragujevac

In anticipation of the Catholic Easter, which is celebrated on March 31st this year, the Serbian-Polish Friendship Association "Zawisza" gathered its members at the Youth Office this weekend for a workshop where the youngest decorated Easter eggs and made other Easter decorations, while the older ones enjoyed their company and creativity.

The workshop in Kragujevac was attended by Kamilla Duda Kawecki, the consul of the Polish Embassy in Serbia, Geza Poljak, the representative of the Polish National Council in Serbia, and on behalf of the City of Kragujevac by Dr. Gordana Damnjanović, Assistant Mayor for health and social protection and human and minority rights.

The city of Kragujevac, as a multicultural city and the old Serbian capital, has a special relationship with national minorities. In this way, we support the nurturing of tradition, culture, the inheritance of all values ​​that the small national minority of about 50 Poles in our city should keep in their hearts, said Damnjanović. This is also an opportunity to establish new bridges, in addition to those that have existed for a long time with the friendly and fraternal Polish cities of Bydgoszcz and Bialystok Biała. This is an opportunity to establish new cooperation, especially in the field of health care development, bearing in mind that we applied to the Polish embassy for an ultrasound device for screening of young women for early detection of breast cancer.

Consul of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland, Kamilla Duda Kawecki, said that this type of socializing is very important for the Polish community. The representative of the Council for National Minorities of Poland in Serbia emphasized that it is important to maintain the customs and culture of ancestors who came from this country long ago, which is why similar events are also organized in other cities throughout Serbia, wherever there are Poles.

By the way, "Zawisza" is a young association founded last year in Kragujevac, and it was named after a Polish knight who was killed by the Turks in Golupac in 1428.