Search for: [Abstract = "The purpose of this article is to present the transformations which take place in the Easter Palms contest organised in Rabka\-Zdrój. The choice of this place is not coincidental\; Rabka has hosted the oldest Easter Palm competition in Poland for over 60 years, facilitated by the Władysław Orkan Museum. Its long history gives an opportunity to analyse the process of constructing festive activities within a community and the creation of an institutionalised and professionalised pageant directed towards the promotion of the town, the region and the contest itself, as well as the appropriation of the traditional customs and religious rites for the popular culture"]

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