The tradition of making nativity scenes (szopki) goes back to 19 century in Krakow, when it has been formalised in 19th century.* Each year people make those really elaborate constructions showing the birth of Jesus and this is quite amazing. It takes dedication to make them, especially the big ones (and those are at least 1.2m high) and the tiniest ones, when you need to use tweezers to get all the parts together. It was actually my first time in years when I went to see the szopki and it was surprisingly enjoyable. I'm not a big fan of museum trips, unless it's an archaeological museum, but it was fun. It's sweet that people cultivate the tradition, chapeau bas, because it does take a lot of thinking, time and effort, people spend the entire year making the szopki, you need to love it to do it.
Below, I share some of the nativity scenes I liked in particular.
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| Krakow demands access to the sea! |
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| This is not pretty, but there is so much going one in here, all things piled up, all the tin foil and excessive number of figurines! Love it! |
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| This one was absolutely tiny, made on a honey plaster with optical fiber all around. |
* Want to know more? See here and here.
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