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Lesowiaks - who are they?

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Apr 20, 10, 18:54 #1

I found a short article about lesowiaks in a book about Poland, but then I haven't find a word about them on the internet. The book says that lesowiaks live in Kotlina Sandomierska, near Rzeszów. They are a small, proud and free ethnical group, who keep their old traditions. Kolbuszowa has a museum which can give a taste of their traditions.

But that's all, no more informations at all. If somebody could write me some more words about this interesting group, I would be much obliged.

AdamKadmon	Apr 20, 10, 20:36 #2
The name Lasowiacy, etymologicaly people of the forest (pol. las), refers to people living between San and Vistula Rivers. They cut down woods and rafted it down the San and Vistula Rivers to the Baltic sea. You can read about them in Polish Wikipedia: http ://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasowiacy Mind the space in the address (I've put it to circumvent the Admin restricion)

LeonisThreads: 30 Posts: 60 Joined: Aug 15, 09 ♀	Apr 24, 10, 10:46 #3
Thanks a lot!!:-) So that's the reason why I've found nothing about them, the wrong spelling.

LeonisThreads: 30 Posts: 60 Joined: Aug 15, 09 ♀	May 24, 10, 13:27 #4
Thread attached on merging: lisowczyk What is this??

nincompoop_notThreads: 4 Posts: 229 Joined: Nov 3, 09 ♀	May 24, 10, 13:37 #5
could be a surname or a place name or a coat of arms or a name of cavalry organised by someone named Lisowski http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisowczycy

LeonisThreads: 30 Posts: 60 Joined: Aug 15, 09 ♀	Edited by: Leonis May 25, 10, 20:26 #6
OK! Thank you very much! :-)) I mean... dziękuję bardzo!!

noreenbThreads: 4 Posts: 1,082 Joined: Apr 22, 09 ♀	May 25, 10, 21:53 #7
nincompoop_not or a name of cavalry organised by someone named Lisowski It's a soldier of a cavalry organised by Lisowski and it's a basic meaning of this word.

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