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[Women of the Young Polish Women Association] [An iconographic document]
Date issued/created: Description:The photo depicts a group of young women posing for the photo dressed in regional costumes or festive clothes. Three girls are holding “scythes” (imitations) in their hands. The two standing in the middle are holding harvest festival wreaths. According to the photo’s owner, it comes from the chronicle of the Young Polish Women Association (Góra k. Jarocina division). It depicts the activity of an amateur theatre company lead by her grandfather Antoni (...). At the back of the photo there is an inscription: “A harvest festival in Góra combined with an evening dance organized by the Association of Young Polish Women in November 1929” ; November 1929, Góra near Jarocin ; 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:Association of Polish Young Women ; ethnography ; material culture ; social culture ; spiritual culture ; woman ; association ; social organization ; amateur theater ; theatrical company ; folk festivities ; harvest ; harvest customs ; harvest wreaths ; social bonds ; clothing ; Góra, Jaraczewo commune (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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