Lachy Sądeckie is a group associated with the Nowy Sącz county in southern Poland, region called Sądecczyzna.
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"Lachy" is a plural form of "Lach", which is an ancient term describing
an ethnic Pole. Roots of the name come from an old Slavic legend about Lech, Čech/Czech and Rus
- three legendary brothers of whom Lech was the founder of Lechia
(Poland). The terms derived from the Lach/Lech name have survived for
example in Lithuanian and Hungarian languages, where Poland is still
nowadays named Lenkija and Lengyelország.
Lachy
Sądeckie have a few subgroups. The costumes vary a little
between Northern/West, bordering the Kraków East region and
Southern/East, landupheaval parts of the region. According to dialektologia
site, the main Lachy subgroups are from Nowy Sącz, Limanowa, Szczyrzyc,
Myślenice and Dobra; the main center of Lachy are around Podegrodzie.
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| Approx. area of Lachy Sądeckie costume in Poland |