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[Men with musical instruments at the table] [An iconographic document]
Date issued/created: Description:The photo depicts seven young men with musical instruments sitting behind a table covered with a white tablecloth. A bottle and beer mugs are standing on the table. There is a wooden barrel in front of the table. A man in the middle of the group is holding an accordion, and three others – violins. According to the photo’s owner, it depicts a group of seven bachelors, sons of peasants and workers from Kokoszyce (Pszów commune, Rybnik district, Katowice voivodeship) during the parting ceremony before departing for the active military service on the 3rd of October 1925. The ceremony took place in the Maciej Sosna’s inn in Kokoszyce (…).During the 1900s-1930s it was a typical parting custom before commencing the active military service ; 3rd of October 1925, Kokoszyce, com. Pszów, district Rybnik, voiv. katowickie ; The photo sent to the contest named “Photography of the Polish village pre-1948” organized in 1983 by the quarterly “Fotografia” (Photography) and the weekly “Nowa Wieś” (New village). Copy of the photo kept at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (former Institute for the History of Material Culture)
Type of object: Subject and Keywords:ethnography ; material culture ; social culture ; spiritual culture ; man ; conscription ; social bonds ; entertainment ; inn ; folk band ; music ; musical instruments ; clothing ; Kokoszyce (Wodzisław Śląski, Poland)
Resource type: Detailed Resource Type: Format: Resource Identifier: Source: Rights:Rights Reserved - Restricted Access
Terms of use: Digitizing institution:Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Original in:Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Projects co-financed by:Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund
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