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Besides decorating utilitarian objects of all kinds with the characteristic Maori spiral, the master sculptors devoted themselves to carving monumental male figures that represented their ancestors. These wooden sculptures, often colored in red ocher, topped the gables and lintels of Maori houses. Others served as posts in palisades or as...
The most important issue for Poles today is the country's desperate economic situation. I found drab stores stocked but lacking variety. Citrus fruits and juices were unavailable. Sugar, butter, and meat are rationed; a cup of coffee cost as much as a medium-priced meal. Lines at meat stores...
The current economic difficulties in Poland date from the political turbulence at the beginning of the decade. And while the economic situation seems to preoccupy most Poles on an immediate basis, political consciousness remains strong. Speaking Russian won little affection among the Poles I met, and several comments about the...
Reminders of German mistreatment of the Poles are not hard to find in a country which still bears the scars of World War II. The reconstucted old city in Warsaw has a Disney World atmosphere as hundreds of tourists throng the central squares. Most of the surrounding building facades look...
But neither Soviet domination not economic hardship has erased the unique and often inspiring Polish identity. While camping in southeast Poland, one evening I huddled inside a warm log cabin with a group of other campers while rain poured. We sipped vodka prepared the traditional way: a mound of sugar...