Millions of Polish students sing national anthem ahead of Independence Day
Nearly 4.7 million Polish school students at home and abroad sang the national anthem on Friday, as the country prepares to celebrate its Independence Day.
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At precisely 11:11 a.m., students and teachers joined together to sing Dąbrowski’s Mazurka, state news agency PAP reported.
The annual tribute was part of the lead-up to Poland’s Independence Day on November 11.
This year, 4,697,220 students and almost 500,000 teachers in 21,500 schools in Poland and abroad joined the collective performance, according to officials.
The annual initiative aims to help students connect with the meaning behind the national anthem and why Independence Day is important, officials have said.
Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka
Poland regained independence on November 11, 1918, the day World War I ended, after 123 years of partition by Russia, Austria and Prussia.
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Source; IAR, PAP, gov.pl, polskieradio.pl
