Approximate extent of Cieszyn Vlachs within Cieszyn Silesia
The Cieszyn Vlachs (Polish: Wałasi cieszyńscy, Czech: Těšínští Valaši) are a Silesian ethnographic group living around the towns of Cieszyn and Skoczów,[1] one of the four major ethnographic groups in Cieszyn Silesia, the one mostly associated with wearing Cieszyn folk costume[1] but not the only one speaking Cieszyn Silesian dialect. The name, "Vlachs" (Polish: Wołosi/Wałasi), is probably not directly associated with that group (as Gorals are) but was coined by adjacent groups as a nickname.[2]
The culture of this group blossomed in the second half of the 19th century.[2] The exact extent of its habitat is hard to determine due to overlapping of various cultural elements with adjacent groups, especially on the borderlands. Cieszyn Vlachs dwell on Silesian Foothills and on the north-western slopes of Silesian Beskids[2] in the watershed of Vistula and Olza rivers, within Cieszyn Silesia[3] (also in the Trans-Olza region). Their neighbours include Silesian Lachs to north west,[4] and Silesian Gorals to south.
^ ab"Zróżnicowanie etnograficzne obecnego województwa śląskiego". Śląskie Centrum Dziedzictwa Kulturowego w Katowicach. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
^ abcMarian Dembiniok (2010). "Wałasi cieszyńscy". O Góralach, Wałachach, Lachach i Jackach na Śląsku Cieszyńskim. REGIO. p. 47. ISBN 978-80-904230-4-6.
^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.
^Bystroń, Jan Stanisław (1925). Ugrupowanie etniczne ludu polskiego. Kraków: Orbis. p. 11.
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by CieszynVlachs, speaking Cieszyn Silesian dialect. After World War I, fall of Austria-Hungary, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia...
by CieszynVlachs, speaking Cieszyn Silesian dialect. After World War I, fall of Austria-Hungary, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia...
by CieszynVlachs, speaking Cieszyn Silesian dialect. After World War I, fall of Austria-Hungary, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia...
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Czech Republic: Trans-Olza