Sunday, September 18, 2011

Polish indigenous.

The Gorale, the oldest Polish tribes First of all, I would like to show the following list of Polish tribes(Wikipedia)—tribes which created the lands of Poland in the Early Middle Ages, at the start of the Polish country.

§ Masovians (Masovia, in Polish "mazowszanie")

§ Mazurs (Mazurians) (Masuria, in Polish "mazurzy")

§ Kurpie (in Polish "kurpiowie" or "kurpie")

§ Polans (Polanes, Polanians, in Polish "polanie") (Warta river basin)

§ Bambrzy

§ Silesians (in Polish "ślązacy") (Silesia)

§ Warmiaks (Warmia, in Polish "warmiacy")

§ Pomeranians (Farther Pomerania and Pomerelia, in Polish "pomorzanie")

§ Kashubians (Cassubians, in Polish "kaszubi")

§ Slovincians (in Polish "Słowińcy")

§ Kociewiacy

§ Borowiacy

§ Bieżuńczanie


§ Bobrzanie

§ Dziadoszanie

§ Golęszyce

§ Goplans (Kuyavia and Pomerania, in Polish "goplanie", or "goplani")

§ Lędzianie (Lesser Poland, in Polish "lędzianie")

§ Lachy Sądeckie

§ Opolanie (upper Odra, Silesia)

§ Kujawianie

§ Pyrzyczanie

§ Ślężanie (Lower Silesia)

§ Trzebowianie

§ Vistulans (Lesser Poland, in Polish "wiślanie")

§ Gorale (in Polish "górale", i.e. highlanders)




(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poles)

The Gorale (literally "highlanders") are a group of indigenous people found along southern Poland, northern Slovakia, and in the region of Cieszyn Silesia in the Czech Republic. There is also a important Goral migration in the area of Bukowina in the western Ukraine and in northern Romania, as well as Chicago, the seat of thePolish Highlanders Alliance” of North America.



The Gorale are famous all over the country and abroad, because of their unique culture, food, tradition, language and outfits. The Gorale don’t live in the big cities and they are attached to their lands and you cannot find them anywhere else but in the Polish mountains. They are a big attraction for tourists, who are pleased with the fact they can live on their lands to enjoy this amazing culture.


1 comment:

  1. Ah, now I understand why I used to see so many Polish people in Chicago dressed in blue and red vests! I assumed that this was traditional dress for all of Poland--are these clothes only worn by the Gorale in the highlands?

    -Christina

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