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Sącz Lachs

Group of ethnic Poles who live in southern Lesser Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sącz Lachs
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Sącz Lachs (Polish: Lachy Sądeckie, [ˈlaxɨ sɔnˈdɛt͡skʲɛ]) are a group of ethnic Poles who live in southern Lesser Poland. They are associated with the territory of Sącz Region [pl], especially Nowy Sącz County, Kotlina Sądecka [pl], and parts of Beskids.[citation needed]

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Traditional dress of the Lachy Sądeckie in the Nowy Sacz Ethnographic Park (open-air museum)
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A preserved home of the rural poor in the Ethnographic Park
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Kotlina Sądecka

Lachy is a colloquial term for ethnic Poles derived from the name of the ancient Polish tribe of Lendians. Sądeckie is an adjective referring to the region where they live.[citation needed]

Sącz Lachs culture is featured in Muzeum of Sącz Lachs [pl] in Podegrodzie, Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Sądecki Ethnographic Park (open-air museum) in Nowy Sącz.[citation needed]

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