The 50th Kozlar Feast

We would like to invite you to Zbąszyń for the 50th Kozle Feast - the jubilee edition of meetings with music and folklore of the Kozle Region on September 9-15, 2024.

Flavors of Podlasie

You are cordially invited to an event called "Flavors of Podlasie", which will be held on September 8, 2024 from 11 am to 5 pm at the Podlasie Museum of Folk Culture. During this festival, the main attraction is culinary products. You can buy them, taste them and learn how to prepare them. This year's themes are homestead cheeses, Podlasie honey and craft beverages. 

Peasant wills in the Old Polish period

Peasant wills are valuable documents containing information about the movable and immovable assets of Polish village society. The wills contain details about family ties in the villages and information related to the villagers' intentions, which were expressed in the acts of the last will.

Harvest Festival in time and space

Harvest Festival as a harvest festival has been known since ancient times. Practically from the moment people learned to farm. The ancient ceremonies also had (and still have) a metaphysical dimension - the intention was to thank the gods for their protection and prosperity and ask for similar favor in the following year.

Gustav Hayek - A great atlas for zoology, botany and mineralogy

Biblioteka Narodowego Instytutu Kultury i Dziedzictwa Wsi Oddział w Puławach posiada cenny księgozbiór, który liczy około 360 tysięcy jednostek bibliotecznych, w tym 207 tysięcy wydawnictw zwartych, około 139 tysięcy wydawnictw ciągłych i 12 tysięcy zbiorów specjalnych.

Kujawiaks in Ciechocinek

W sobotę, 24 sierpnia na placu przy Miejskim Centrum Kultury w Ciechocinku odbyła się potańcówka pod nazwą Kujawiaki w Ciechocinku zorganizowana przez Narodowy Instytut Kultury i Dziedzictwa Wsi i MCK w Ciechocinku.

Harvest Festival of Pulawska County in Wąwolnica

The Wąwolnica 2024 District Harvest Festival is behind us. The Central Agricultural Library Branch of NIKiDW in Puławy also joined in this annual celebration. The festivities included a thanksgiving mass in the Minor Basilica of St. Adalbert, a harvest parade, the sharing of bread, beautiful regional stands, tasty dishes and interesting performances by local bands.

Ahead of us is the XXXIII National Agricultural Exhibition

The 33rd edition of the National Agricultural Exhibition will be held in Częstochowa from August 31 to September 1. NIKiDW will participate in this event for the 5th time. The exhibition traditionally accompanies the National Harvest Festivities at Jasna Gora.

32nd edition of European Heritage Days

W sobotę, 14 września Narodowy Instytut Kultury i Dziedzictwa Wsi zaprasza na wyjątkowe spotkanie ze stypendystami NIKiDW w ramach 32 edycji Europejskich Dni Dziedzictwa. W tym roku EDD jest organizowane pod hasłem „Szlaki. Sieci. Połączenia”.  Wydarzenie odbędzie się w siedzibie Instytutu przy ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 66 w godzinach 13.00 – 18.00.

Embroidery - an unusual decoration of Polish folk costumes

Even in medieval courts and palaces, white women spent long hours sewing and embroidering. Over time, these skills began to spread to other social classes. The peak period of Polish folk costume, and thus its ornamentation, was at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. At that time, wealthier villagers began to decorate their clothing more and more. Over time, simple patterns evolved into elaborate motifs, which later became the hallmark of a particular ethnographic group.

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