Our town Strumień and its surroundings Town Hall Baroque tenement houses in the town square.

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Our town Strumień and its surroundings

Town Hall

Baroque tenement houses in the town square

Our school

Customs and traditional celebrations in Cieszyn Silesia

Czepiny – the wedding custom

Czepiny – the wedding custom

Szkubaczki – stripping feathers. In the old days geese downs were included in bride’s dowry

Szkubaczki – stripping feathers. In the old days geese downs were included in bride’s dowry

Dożynki – harvest festival

Dożynki – harvest festival

Topienie Marzanny – farewell winter

Święconka – the tradition to consecrate food before Easter

Presentation of Cieszyn Folk Costumes

Handicraft

Koniaków laces – inimitable patterns of doilies and table clothes made by women in Koniaków. Even Queen Elizabeth II ordered a doily from Anna

Gwarek famous lance maker but the woman died before finishing it

Koniaków laces

Wooden folk toys, wooden sculptures and figurines

Tissue-paper flowers

Oscypki – regional polish sheep cheeses