If anyone would like to see the real Eiffel Tower, they should of course visit Paris. The authentic Colosseum is nowhere else to be seen than in Rome. And if we’d like to see the genuine Old Witches’ Mountain, how about some vantage point located in... the village of Lipnica Mała? And once we are there, we cannot miss a performance by the MAŁOLIPNICANIE ensemble, from which we can learn what an authentic rural child used to look like in the region of Orawa. This was the task undertaken by the founders of the folk ensemble from Lipnica Mała thirteen years ago: to present the authentic.
The authentic is everything that captures the spirit of past eras in the children’s culture of the region: the costumes, games, songs, dances as well as the local dialect, which is no less important. A vast array of what used to be a daily occurrence, and now is rediscovered as once again colourful, joyful, authentic... This is because the above-mentioned authenticity in all its shapes and forms is taken care of by some very special people. Paweł Czaja from Jabłonka is responsible for the music; the MAŁOLIPNICANIE children develop their dancing and singing skills under the supervision of Anna Olesińska; and the whole is supervised by Grażyna Kubacka, the president of the association with which the ensemble has been affiliated since its establishment.
However, you do not need to go to Lipnica Mała! Of course, everyone will be welcome there, but if anyone is more willing to visit Nowy Sącz in July, the ensemble from the environs of the Old Witches’ Mountain, which will be performing at the Festival for the first time this year, is going present everything I have mentioned as part of the “Lykowanie” programme. And Lykowanie is... oh no, no! If you want to find out, I’m afraid you will have to come to the Riflemen’s Park Amphitheatre Park on the second national day.
However, you do not need to go to Lipnica Mała! Of course, everyone will be welcome there, but if anyone is more willing to visit Nowy Sącz in July, the ensemble from the environs of the Old Witches’ Mountain, which will be performing at the Festival for the first time this year, is going present everything I have mentioned as part of the “Lykowanie” programme. And Lykowanie is... oh no, no! If you want to find out, I’m afraid you will have to come to the Riflemen’s Park Amphitheatre Park on the second national day.