15 November 2014
Slavic mythology from Poland: zmory
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10 November 2014
Slavic mythology from Poland: płanetnicy
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09 November 2014
Slavic mythology from Poland: ogniki
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31 October 2014
Dziady / Zaduszki - All Souls Day in Poland
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25 October 2014
Biłgoraj costume - a guide to Polish folk costumes
The costumes from Biłgoraj, out of all of the surviving folk clothing in the territory of Poland, are said to be exceptional. Along with e.g. the costume of Lasowiacy ethnocultural group, it is usually referred to as the most archaic type of Polish regional costumes. Particularly the Biłgoraj's female clothing is often mentioned as resembling the literary/artistic notion of an ancient Slavic costume.
The colorful fabrics, rich floral patterns and laces, which you often see as examples of the Polish regional clothing, started slowly emerging around the mid-18th century and taking a clear shape only after the 2nd half of 19th century - after the abolition of serfdom in Poland and during the general development of the mechanized textile industry. The archaic types of costumes can be still found e.g. in some isolated parts of Podlasie and Mazury or among Lasowiacy groups along the San river - and of course in the region around the Biłgoraj town.
In the Polish language the costume is called strój biłgorajsko-tarnogrodzki (costume from the region stretching between the towns of Biłgoraj and Tarnogród in south-eastern Poland) - in short called by the name of Biłgoraj, which was the main cultural center of that group.
The town of Biłgoraj and its surroundings were maintaining the old forms of local folk art and culture up until the late 19th century - it was cut from the rest of the country by the swampy Solska Primeval Forest and the nearby rivers San and Tanew. Some elements of local culture are still resembling the oldest of Slavic traditions, according to the ethnographers and related scholars. The contact with the bigger cities of other neighbouring regions was difficult even until the interwar period (1920s-1930s), and in the beginning of the 20th century the region of Biłgoraj was considered poor and underdeveloped. These geographical conditions were conducive to the maintaince of old clothing and customs - in comparison to the rest of Poland, Biłgoraj was one of the latest to replace the traditional patterns by the new modern trends in fashion. Women were maintaining the oldest types of clothing longer than the men, who were more often travelling for trade fairs into distant towns or cities before the era of industralization. These conditions made Biłgoraj one of the most valuable regions, that could serve as a reference to the ancient Slavic clothing of that part of the world.
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| Regional clothing from the region of Biłgoraj, Poland © ZTL Perła Warmii |
The colorful fabrics, rich floral patterns and laces, which you often see as examples of the Polish regional clothing, started slowly emerging around the mid-18th century and taking a clear shape only after the 2nd half of 19th century - after the abolition of serfdom in Poland and during the general development of the mechanized textile industry. The archaic types of costumes can be still found e.g. in some isolated parts of Podlasie and Mazury or among Lasowiacy groups along the San river - and of course in the region around the Biłgoraj town.
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| Biłgoraj costume, illustration by T.Korotkiewicz for "Kuryer Codzienny", 1938 |
In the Polish language the costume is called strój biłgorajsko-tarnogrodzki (costume from the region stretching between the towns of Biłgoraj and Tarnogród in south-eastern Poland) - in short called by the name of Biłgoraj, which was the main cultural center of that group.
The town of Biłgoraj and its surroundings were maintaining the old forms of local folk art and culture up until the late 19th century - it was cut from the rest of the country by the swampy Solska Primeval Forest and the nearby rivers San and Tanew. Some elements of local culture are still resembling the oldest of Slavic traditions, according to the ethnographers and related scholars. The contact with the bigger cities of other neighbouring regions was difficult even until the interwar period (1920s-1930s), and in the beginning of the 20th century the region of Biłgoraj was considered poor and underdeveloped. These geographical conditions were conducive to the maintaince of old clothing and customs - in comparison to the rest of Poland, Biłgoraj was one of the latest to replace the traditional patterns by the new modern trends in fashion. Women were maintaining the oldest types of clothing longer than the men, who were more often travelling for trade fairs into distant towns or cities before the era of industralization. These conditions made Biłgoraj one of the most valuable regions, that could serve as a reference to the ancient Slavic clothing of that part of the world.
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| Approximate area of the Biłgoraj costume © lelapolela.blogspot.com |
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