A specific feature the most of the underdeveloped countries, referred to as Third World Countries after World War II, was their historically high dependence on agriculture and a high percentage of the population employed ...

The so-called “the Cultural Revolution” or “fight for culture” was one of the most important slogans of the People’s Republic of Poland equally concerning between the cities and countryside. This meant supporting and ...

For centuries, the inhabitants of a small city like Wieliczka have built a culture whose sources should be sought in the workplace – the salt mine. However, today’s Wieliczka is much more diverse than in the past. Primarily, ...

In the article, I studied the notations from Oskar Kolberg’s collection of folk tunes (their names, locations, and rhythmical features). The observations were confronted with various theses (coming from ethnographical ...

The author analyzes the folk weather predictions extracted from the volume Народна метеорология (Folk Meteorology) published in 1900. Based on their analysis, she concludes that although the Bulgarian language lacks calendar ...

Easter eggs from Krzczonów are a piece of tangible heritage of Poland, while manual skills of folk artists is a part of intangible heritage. Easter eggs have been made using the batik technique for an oblivious time. Despite ...

The subject of this article are local names in tombstone inscriptions that have survived in the rural Catholic cemeteries of historical Podolia. The aim is to analyze tchem through the prism of the classification proposed ...

The article discusses the difficult beginnings of economic development in Gubin’s villages in the first post-war years. The new inhabitants of these areas, who took former German farms, had to establish a network of economic ...