On June 24, an extraordinary holiday is celebrated – Enyovden (Midsummer) – a celebration of the sun, herbs and waters. A few years before the new era, St. John the Baptist was born – the man who foretold the coming of the Messiah. It is to him that the holiday is dedicated, which in the …
Unique by its nature, the religious festival in our area is the feast popularly known as Corpus Christi. The full name is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. This feast is celebrated irregularly (in relation to the annual calendar), on the eleven days after Pentecost – always on a Thursday. …
The costume from our region is referred to as the Hrubieszów-Tomaszów costume, and its occurrence within the borders of the Second Polish Republic stretched across the south-eastern areas of the Lublin voivodship, the south-western areas of the Volhynia voivodship and the north-eastern areas of the Lwów voivodship. The most important feature of this costume is …
The ancestors, living in our lands, were a poor people, living mainly through agriculture. For this reason, they did not own much clothing. They wore everyday clothes made of cheaper materials, mainly hemp, later also linen. They were not decorated with embroidery. A large part of the population did not wear shoes to work. On …
