Gorolski Święto (literally Goral's Festival; Silesian: Festiwal Gorolskigo) is an annual international cultural and folklore festival held in Jablunkov, Czech Republic, the first weekend in August. It lasts from Friday to Sunday.
Gorolski Święto (literally Goral's Festival; Silesian: Festiwal Gorolskigo) is an annual international cultural and folklore festival held in Jablunkov, Czech Republic, the first weekend in August.
01 · What it is
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02 · Where & name
Czech Republic
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Gorolski Święto (literally Goral's Festival; Silesian: Festiwal Gorolskigo) is an annual international cultural and folklore festival held in Jablunkov, Czech Republic, the first weekend in August.
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Gorolski Święto (literally Goral's Festival; Silesian: Festiwal Gorolskigo) is an annual international cultural and folklore festival held in Jablunkov, Czech Republic, the first weekend in August. It lasts from Friday to Sunday. It is organized by the Polish Cultural and Educational Union (PZKO) and the folklore group Gorol, and preserves the traditions of the Czech Poles and Silesian Gorals. It is the largest cultural and folklore festival in the Trans-Olza area, drawing thousands of spectators each day of festivities. In 2007 almost 20,000 people visited the festival. Notable personalities, mainly from the Czech Republic and Poland, also visit the festival each year. In 2007 Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Mirek Topolánek visited the festival.
The primary goal of the festival is the presentation of Goral folklore groups from the environs of Jabłonków and the rest of the Zaolzie region. Such groups were appearing at the festival until 1955, when for the first time groups from outside the region were invited. Folklore groups from the Polish part of the Beskid Mountains are invited each year as well. Folklore groups from other countries also appear.
The festival has its roots in the earlier Święta Gór (Feasts of the Mountains), which were gatherings of Gorals from Jabłonków parish. After the end of World War II the idea of reviving the tradition was considered by local Polish activists.
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Gorolski Święto is Czech and Polish folklore festival, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1
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