Polish Folk Costumes |
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Hi, I'm Miodusia!
This dress I am wearing is the Łowicki costume. It is the traditional dress
of Łowicz, a town in central Poland, and a distinctive center of the regional Polish folklore. The regional folk artists used to weave the colourful, striped fabrics called "pasiaki". They also used to make cute paper cut-outs and to form special adornments, called "paj±ki", (lit. "spiders"), made of straw and the colourful tissue-papers, hanging from the ceiling like chandeliers. The action of the famous novel of the Nobel prize winner, S.Reymont, "The Peasants", describing a XIXth century Polish village, was set in Lipce, near Łowicz.
The number that is playing right now is my theme song, "Szła Dzieweczka". If you click on my picture you will see another regional costume. Here are a few of my other favorite folksongs: Pytala Sie Pani Góralu czy ci nie żal Krakowiak Szła Dzieweczka do Laseczka Płynie Wisła Czyja to Dziewczyna |
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If you see strange symbols instead of some of the "special" Polish letters, I might not be able to help you see them. But, if you want to try; take a look
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Depending on the browser you use the music may play by itself, or you may have to click something here. If you'd like to learn a little bit about Polish Christmas carols, click HERE |
