| Regions with significant populations | |
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| Languages | |
| Polish, Cieszyn Silesian dialect | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholic, Lutheran | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Silesians |
Wołosi are a Polish ethnographic group living in Cieszyn Silesia, around the towns of Cieszyn and Skoczów,[1], to south east from Silesian Lachs group.[2] The name, similar to Vlachs (Polish: Wołosi), is probably not directly associated with that group but is derived from the nickname given to them by their neighbour groups.[3]
Wałasi dwell on Silesian Foothils and north-western slopes of Silesian Beskids[3] in the watershed of Vistula and Olza rivers, within Cieszyn Silesia.[4] To the north of Wałasi lives Polish Silesian Lachs group, to the west Czech Lachs, to the east Polish repatriants in Bielsko-Biała (preceded by Germans), and Silesian Gorals to the south.[5].
The ethnographic area is not associated with language borders as Wałasi live further to the west.[2] Furthermore Silesian Wałasi are subdivided into two groups: more populous in the east (around Cieszyn), and less populous in the west (east from Frýdek, exclusively in the Zaolzie region, that was overwhelmed by Czech people.[5].
Jan Stanisław Bystroń stated that Wałasi are descendats of the mountainous Vlachs.[2] Currently Wałasi are acknowledged as a Gorals-scioned group that settled foothills. Characteristic distinctiveness of this group connects its traits with Gorals.[5]
Wałasi traditionally wear Cieszyn folk costume, locally known also as wałaski.[1]
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Jakub Alt: "In Cieszyn" (1840) -
Jakub Alt: "Around Cieszyn" (1840) -
Henryk Jastrzembski: peasants from around Cieszyn (1846) -
A woman in Cieszyn folk costume (1914) -
A woman in Cieszyn folk costume -
A woman in Cieszyn folk costume
References edit
- ^ a b "Zróżnicowanie etnograficzne obecnego województwa śląskiego". Śląskie Centrum Dziedzictwa Kulturowego w Katowicach. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
- ^ a b c Bystroń, Jan Stanisław (1925). Ugrupowanie etniczne ludu polskiego. Kraków: Orbis. p. 11.
- ^ a b Marian Dembiniok (2010). "O Góralach, Wałachach, Lachach i Jackach na Śląsku Cieszyńskim". REGIO. p. 47. ISBN 978-80-904230-4-6.
{{cite web}}:|chapter=ignored (help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Malicki, Longin (1956). Strój Górali Śląskich. Atlas polskich strojów ludowych ; cz. 3. Śląsk ; z. 3. Wrocław: Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze. p. 23., a: Fierla, Gustaw (1969). Strój Lachów Śląskich. Atlas polskich strojów ludowych. cz. 3, Śląsk ; z. 4. Wrocław: Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze. p. 19.
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
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