TRADITION

POLAND

Regional outfit – woman's jewelery

Highland women in Podhale region, like many women in the world, like to attire themselves. The most beautiful and most wanted jewelery were bead necklaces made of true red coral. Having them indicated...


Traditional food and beverages from southern Poland

To face this problem I decided to divide Polish Carpathians into smaller regions and write about several dishes from each region...


Shepherding in the Tatra and other Polish mountains

Pastoral customs, traditions, techniques and equipment came to the Polish mountains from the south. They were strongly influenced by Vlachs - nomadic people coming from...
 


Kumoterki - traditional sleigh race

Kumoterki is the name of the sport discipline popular in Podhale region in Poland. The team...