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    in France form one of the largest Polish diaspora communities in Europe. Between 500,000 and one million people of Polish descent live in France, concentrated...
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    The Polish Library in Paris (French: Bibliothèque Polonaise de Paris, Polish: Biblioteka Polska w Paryżu) is a Polish cultural centre of national importance...
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    Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    in French chateaus. Folk flower motifs as well as Polish fashion were popularised in the form of a back-draped polonaise dress (robe à la polonaise) worn...
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    Rococo (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    dresses emerged and one of these was the polonaise, with inspiration taken from Poland. It was shorter than the French dress, allowing the underskirt and ankles...
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    Afro-Caribbean diaspora, zouk (and its progenitor band Kassav') remains very popular. In popular 20th century folk dancing in France, the Polish/classical-piano...
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    Poland (category Articles containing French-language text)
    reached the court at Versailles, where French dresses inspired by Polish garments included robe à la polonaise and the witzchoura. The scope of influence...
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    Hôtel Lambert (category Polish diaspora organizations)
    Franz Liszt, Eugène Delacroix, and Adam Mickiewicz. In fact, Chopin's "La Polonaise" was composed expressly for the Polish ball held there every year. The...
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    Adam Mickiewicz Museum, Paris (category Polish diaspora organizations)
    June 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Paris.org. Bibliothèque Polonaise à Paris, France. Musée Boleslas Biegas Archived 2008-05-18 at the Wayback Machine...
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  • the forms he uses, including dances popular among upper classes such as polonaise and mazurka, and folk tunes and dances such as kujawiak and krakowiak...
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    the Polonaise dress (robe à la polonaise), which was adored by Marie Antoinette. Polish cuisine and also became known in French as à la polonaise. Both...
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