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Peasant photography is an incredibly interesting cultural phenomenon. Until the photograph appeared in the space of the countryside, spoken word had been the major form of expression used by peasants to talk about themselves and the world. It is a type of photography created for the needs of peasants on their own initiative. Photos represent a selected moment in a passage rite of a family, portraying...
In this study, we refer to the example of Wierzbica, where one of the largest and best-preserved post-immigration cemeteries in today’s Tomaszów Lubelski poviat is located. For the purposes of this text, we use material collected during the field exploration in 2014–2016, which the author developed and published in the form of catalogs in the Ukrainian and Polish language versions. In the proposed...
The article presents the events related to the takeover of the Zhyrovitse monastery with the miraculous icon of the Mother of God by the Uniates. The Uniats came into possession of Zhyrovitse as a result of a fake trial and a groundless accusation of the murder of the owner of the estate, Ivan Soltan. Iwan Mieleszko, a supporter of the uniats, sentenced a person in the Zhyrovitse sanctuary and had...