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Kapela Banachy is a musical family from the Dutch town of Heerlen. In love with the folklore of their homeland, they draw from it in a very special way in numerous traditional songs from southern Poland (Babia Góra, Beskid Żywiecki, Podhale, etc.). On the 25th of June 2013 Małgorzata and Eugenius Banach have been awarded with the Golden Cross of Merit.

Someone who comes from Poland told me today that whenever he is asked where he comes from, he answers from Eastern Europe, because he is ashamed to tell the truth.

Today 12. International Festival of Photography in Łódź is starting. It will present the works by Sebastião Salgado, Paolo Pellegrin, Gregory Crewdson, Annie Leibovitz, Nadav Kander, Nan Goldin, Steve McCurry and Gilles Peress. Who wants more, is welcome to see also the exhibitions of works by Jacek Poremba, Wojtek Wieteska, Rafał Milach or Ilona Szwarc.

About literature, book “War in Jangblisia. In that World” and experience of emigration, the author of blog Kraina Czytania talks with writer – Agnieszka Steur.

May 3, 2013 at the Castle Square in Warsaw, over 200 people were dancing the polonaise with the dancers of the Song and Dance Band from the Warsaw School of Economics.