{"id":31856,"date":"2023-11-22T10:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T08:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/inspirujace-historie-pbu-3-kultura-sila-ktora-laczy\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T13:46:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T11:46:03","slug":"inspirujace-historie-pbu-3-kultura-sila-ktora-laczy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/en\/inspirujace-historie-pbu-3-kultura-sila-ktora-laczy\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring PBU stories 3. Culture &#8211; a force that unites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Vanishing-Professions-Festival-in-Wydmusy-Poland-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Dzieci wykonuj\u0105ce prace plastyczne\" class=\"wp-image-27910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Vanishing-Professions-Festival-in-Wydmusy-Poland-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Vanishing-Professions-Festival-in-Wydmusy-Poland-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Vanishing-Professions-Festival-in-Wydmusy-Poland-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Vanishing-Professions-Festival-in-Wydmusy-Poland-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Vanishing-Professions-Festival-in-Wydmusy-Poland.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We eagerly await the colorful stories from the projects implemented under the Interreg NEXT Poland \u2013 Ukraine 2021-2027 Programme. In the meantime, we invite you to read the fascinating stories from the projects implemented under the Cross-border Cooperation Programme Poland-(Belarus)-Ukraine 2014-2020.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>These projects are not just indicators, budgets, reports and payments. While these elements are essential, each project embodies the unique ideas, values, and dreams of the people carrying them out, as well as the stories of those who benefit from their implementation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We have collected previous stories for you in two publications available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/en\/library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>in the LIBRARY on PBU website<\/u><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dive in and get inspired!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you know what a \u201c<em>bo\u0107\u00f3n\u201d, \u201c\u017ae\u017a\u00f3rka\u201d, \u201cbe\u0142k\u201d, \u201c\u017aedro\u201d, \u201cb\u017a\u00e9dak\u201d<\/em><sup>[1]&nbsp;<\/sup>is? If not, go to Kurpie, the north-eastern part of the Polish Masovia. The two Masovian primeval forests, Puszcza Zielona (Green Forest) and Puszcza Bia\u0142a (White Forest), are home to exceptional people who speak the beautiful Kurpish dialect. It bears traces of ancient times and of the Mazovian settlement. It has also developed unique handicrafts, crafts, music, instruments, dances, costumes and cuisine \u2013 folklore that even the untrained eye and ear can recognise from other regions of Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"widget-quote\">\n  <blockquote class=\"widget-quote__blockquote\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\n    <p>This adventure with handicrafts began when I was a child, because my mother made flowers and my aunt as well. And so I was curious about those flowers, that paper, and I also made with them together\r\n<\/p>\n    <footer class=\"widget-quote__blockquote__footer\">\n          <p>&#8211; Michalina D\u0119bowska, who has been connected with the Kurpish region since she was born, begins her story.<\/p>\n    <\/footer>\n  <\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>It is not only the Kurpish dialect that is characteristic, but also the local cottages, cut-outs, amber ornaments, crepe paper flowers, or the famous decorative palms prepared for Palm Sunday. The surrounding forests and marshes, which acted as a natural barrier cutting off the area from the rest of the world, contributed to the preservation of this ancient and unique culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Equally unique is the culture of the nearby Volyn region in the Ukraine, with its beautiful costumes, embroidery, singing, pottery, wickerwork or ladyshka, kotyk and korovai<sup>[2]<\/sup>&#8230; It is therefore no surprise that, drawing on two such rich sources of tradition, folklore enthusiasts from both sides of the border decided to write a joint project entitled &#8220;Development of Polish-Ukrainian cooperation based on cultural heritage&#8221; (PROFolk). They set themselves the goal of preserving traditional songs, melodies, dances, folk instruments, as well as crafts and handicrafts, and above all their creators, from oblivion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"widget-quote\">\n  <blockquote class=\"widget-quote__blockquote\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\n    <p>Handicrafts are my life for me, I would get up at night and chisel \u2013 says Michalina in the meantime. As a result, she has someone to share her passion with: \u00ad\u2013 Sometimes women even older than me want me to show them how it&#8217;s done, because some of them haven&#8217;t dealt with it. And I even do workshops for children.<\/p>\n    <footer class=\"widget-quote__blockquote__footer\">\n          <p><\/p>\n    <\/footer>\n  <\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"widget-quote\">\n  <blockquote class=\"widget-quote__blockquote\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\n    <p>Live workshops are one of the most effective ways of passing on disappearing crafts to the next generation, which is why an event entitled &#8220;Vanishing Professions&#8221; organised in the &#8220;Kurpiowska Kraina&#8221; (\u201cKurpish Land\u201d) in Wydmusy was an important part of the project. As part of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship Festival, folk art workshops were held with the participation of 15 artists. There was a show of Kurpish art performed by the &#8220;Kurpiowszczyzna&#8221; (Kurpish region) Folk Group, and the Ukrainian folklore was presented by the &#8220;Dumka&#8221; Song and Dance Ensemble from G\u00f3rowo I\u0142aweckie <\/p>\n    <footer class=\"widget-quote__blockquote__footer\">\n          <p>&#8211; recalls Katarzyna Olszewska, the project coordinator.<\/p>\n    <\/footer>\n  <\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Mariusz Pliszka, manager of the &#8220;Kurpiowszczyzna&#8221; ensemble, conducted dance workshops for children:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"widget-quote\">\n  <blockquote class=\"widget-quote__blockquote\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\n    <p>At the workshop we mainly focused on two fairly easy Kurpish dances \u2013 these were Stara Baba (Old Woman) and Fafur, as well as a game the kids used to play, which was Zaj\u0105czek (Bunny).\r\n<\/p>\n    <footer class=\"widget-quote__blockquote__footer\">\n          <p><\/p>\n    <\/footer>\n  <\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The project also produced a joint CD of songs and melodies from the Kurpish and Volyn regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"widget-quote\">\n  <blockquote class=\"widget-quote__blockquote\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\n    <p>Interest in Kurpish culture is growing. This can be seen from the attendance at our classes held at the Regional Centre of Kurpish Culture \u2013 notes Mr Mariusz \u2013 You can see and hear this authentic folk culture, but also taste Kurpish dishes such as: rejbaki, \u017curki, fafernuchy&#8230;\r\n<\/p>\n    <footer class=\"widget-quote__blockquote__footer\">\n          <p><\/p>\n    <\/footer>\n  <\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Similar events with an equally large audience took place on the Ukrainian side in Lutsk, the capital of the Volyn region. A folklore album, a map with folklore heritage routes, ethnographic classes in Wola Uhruska and a cross-border festival &#8220;Ethnic culture \u2013 a force that unites&#8221; were also produced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, other seeds of the project, equally valuable and not measurable by any indicators, are also sprouting. Just listen to the simple words of Ms Michalina:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"widget-quote\">\n  <blockquote class=\"widget-quote__blockquote\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\n    <p>I made such a blue and yellow palm tree, a Ukrainian one. Because now there is a war in Ukraine, I will at least make a Ukrainian palm&#8230;\r\n<\/p>\n    <footer class=\"widget-quote__blockquote__footer\">\n          <p><\/p>\n    <\/footer>\n  <\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>[1]\u00a0In Kurpish dialect: stork, squirrel, belly, bucket, poor man<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[2]\u00a0In the Volyn region respectively: jug, a potato dish and a type of cake<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We eagerly await the colorful stories from the projects implemented under the Interreg NEXT Poland \u2013 Ukraine 2021-2027 Programme. In the meantime, we invite you to read the fascinating stories from the projects implemented under the Cross-border Cooperation Programme Poland-(Belarus)-Ukraine 2014-2020. These projects are not just indicators, budgets, reports and payments. While these elements are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":27910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 12:18:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31856"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32177,"href":"https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31856\/revisions\/32177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pl-ua.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}