Monday, November 05, 2007

POLSKA/NIGERIA VIEWS


Uneqivocally most Poles are very Religious and has a strong root in catholicism. Majority of poles are Roman catholic though there are few other christian denominations that exist from information i gathered. In other hand i was born and nurtured in Nigeria. My parents are from Nigeria. Nigeria is a very large country in african continent. there are many religions in Nigeria but the most three popular ones are Christianity, islam and Traditional Religion. In all this denominations Roman catholic has few percentage of population more than the rest of other religions. So catholicism is not the only religion in Nigeria just like it is majority in poland.There are various culture in Nigeria just like it is in poland but unfortunately in Nigeria there are many tribes and different cultural settings that existed in Nigeria. There are over 80 tribes in Nigeria and i came from the tribe called Igbo in the south eastern Nigeria majority christians in general and Roman Catholic, Anglican and others respectively and in particular.i discovered that in Rzeszow and Poland there is a strong tradition of a relationship or union between a man and a woman. In some other places even in Nigeria there existed some few places were you will notice a relationship that existed between the same sex although it is illegal in my country but few practice that, but in poland is not like that even if it existed i have not seen or heard about that.
Again In Poland there is regard for the sanctity of human life, life is very precious to poles even though in Nigeria we had such belief in the right to life but some violate that for example termination of pregnancy or abortion is very common in Nigeria but not approved but many still practice abortion. But in Poland from the fact i recieved there is right to life no abortion .Greater percentage of Poles are very hospitable and peaceful in Nature my experince at train station in warsaw when i arrived poland for the first time proved to me that poland and her citizens are very kind and lovely people. they do not cheat or decieve people forigners in there country.Before coming to Poland i knew quite well that there is low employment in Poland so i was never surprise with that because i knew and read in the news about many poles leaving there country to other countries like ireland, United kingdom and U.S.A. But fortunatley there economy is improving better than it used to be in the past decades.The idea of racism existed but very little in Poland, it is a cankerworm that has eaten deep in the lives of some white men especially those that are not religious, but in Nigeria there is no such thing like descrimination or racism in Nigeria. Nigerians saw white men as second God and always give anything to make any white or even forigners happy.
From my point of view polish women are more friendly than there men. some experinces showed that making a friendship here is more of with polish Female. i have never seen any of my Nigerian brothers here who can boast of having a polish male friend if not only women and girls. But in Nigeria we make a lot of friends with any class young, old, men, women, boys, girls, rich and poor alike . we live together and friendly with all.Finally without fear or favour i personally like poland and her citizens even though there is low level of employment for forigners. My experinces here and relationship i have had since i came here proved to me that poles are very peaceful people, they are contended with what they have and above all very hospitable and trust worthy unlike in my place oif birth. The life of late Great pope John Paul II summarizes the very essence of how average poles are like.

4 comments:

Cristian said...

Stephen:
Me he perdido demasiado tiempo de tu blog, perdona mi amigo... además, aún no aprendo a expresarme en inglés: espero que nuestro amigo José Luis Samper me ayude... jejejee... ¿Estás en Polonia?, ¿Qué haces allí? Veo además que estuviste de cumpleaños... Felicidades y bendiciones.

StBlog said...

Sounds like you're doing quite well mixing in with the Poles Stephen! Prayers for you and your studies still going up! Thank you again for the photos - would you mind if I used a few in a blog post?
+JMJ+ John

Águila libre said...

Hola Steven: he vuelto después de estar alejada de los blogs por problemas con internet.

Paso a saludarte y veo que estás de viaje al parecer, no entendí mucho el post, pues la traducción podría llevarme a errores.

Te dejo muchos cariños,

Pay

Recursos para tu blog - Ferip - said...

Stephen!!!! Nice to read about Poland, and the people, the religion and the special place in your heart!!!
"Mayor porcentaje de los polacos son muy hospitalarios y en la naturaleza pacífica"....is a bless!!!
A hug, my brother!!! and...study!!! :))))
Dimas is in Dublin.