Culture
The Wallachian Culture Trail is a trail of natural and cultural heritage associated with Wallachian traditions in the Carpathian Mountains. The trail has an international character and runs along the entire arch of the Carpathians, following in the footsteps of wandering and Wallachian settlements and connecting places with live shepherd traditions. There are many attractions waiting for tourists!
Events
Redyki Beskidzka 5 is a cooperation project of five communes in the Silesian Beskids started in...
Shepherd's outfit - a belt around Małopolska
Belt (oposek) - in the areas inhabited by highlanders there are three types of belt (opossi):...
Shepherd's equipment - shepherd's knife of Lesser Poland
Knife - a tool made by hand from iron, often with a decorated handle (bone or horn) and a leather...
Shepherd's outfit - portki Małopolska
Portki - men's trousers made of felted wool (cloth) in white. The cut and ornamentation have...
Shepherd's outfit - violin of Lesser Poland
Footwear made of cowhide (until the nineteenth century, also pigs, so-called pigs), fastened on the...
Shepherd's outfit - hat (headgear, klobucek)
Headgear (hat) - a headgear made of black felt with a small head and brim called gills, decorated...
Shepherd's equipment - shepherd's bag in Lesser Poland
A large bag made of wool, used to carry various products, mainly food, small tools, e.g. a knife,...
Sheep motif - used in Małopolska souvenirs
Sheep as a nice, nice animal identified with mountains, highlanders and pastoralism has become a...
Shepherd music - wyskanie, holokanie / helokani_ lukanie Malopolska
Escaping / holokanie, helokanie / lukania - these are four terms meaning to give a guttural cry to...
Shepherd music - Małopolska highlander scale
Highlander (Welsh) scale - a seven-level musical scale naturally obtained when playing thrombites...
Shepherd instruments - Małopolska thrombita
Trombita - a wind instrument in the shape of a straight, long pipe slightly bent at the end (or...
Shepherd's instruments - pipe and split pipe _ double pipe, double pipe, Lesser Poland
Pipe - a wind instrument from the family of longitudinal flutes, made of willow bark, sycamore or...
Shepherd's instruments - open-air fujara Lesser Poland
Fujara without holes - a former shepherd, primitive instrument from the group of aerophones, made of...
Shepherd's instruments - Złoccyok Małopolska
Złóbcoki are chordophones or stringed instruments with an old pedigree. They are a small violin...
Shepherd's instruments - Podhale bagpipes (goat) Lesser Poland
Bagpipes belong to the group of aerophones, they are also called gajds, goat or goat depending on...
