But here again, the party was following old Polish traditions, not new Communist ones.
According to Polish tradition this person will be lucky in the coming year.
"This parish was built on Polish traditions, and we will never let go of them."
The other guests form the "foreign side" - luxuriously dressed yet alien to Polish tradition.
"But there is much more sentiment in favor of a notion of the Polish tradition."
The table below contains many stones which are popular choices, often reflecting Polish tradition.
At dispute is whether the church should follow Polish traditions.
Polish linguistic tradition includes three more dialect groups, for a total of seven:
Following a Polish tradition, they poured hot wax into cold water to interpret the shapes of things to come for the new year.
But it is not in the Polish tradition.