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The photo depicts a group of people dressed in costumes in a room with a bread oven. On the left side of the photo there is a man with a long white beard and a hat on his head; next to him there is a man dressed as “turoń” - a Christmas caroller in the costume of a horned beast; next, there is a man in a hat whose face is covered in paint. Another person has his or her face painted black, and has a headscarf on his/her head and a blanket wrapped around arms. Yet another caroller is wearing a fur hat, is holding a basin and is kneeling next to the “turoń”. There is a bread oven in the background. On the back of the photo there is the following inscription: "People dressed in costumes with “turoń” during Christmas. Podgrodzie 1946" ; Winter 1946, Podegrodzie, district Nowosądecki ; 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:Christmas ; ethnography ; material culture ; social culture ; folklore ; folk customs ; Christmas customs ; carolling ; masquerader ; turoń [horned beast] ; tradition ; Podegrodzie, Nowy Sącz district (Poland)
Resource type: Detailed Resource Type: Format: 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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