The blessing of herds and shepherds in Ludźmierz, Poland. The blessing innaugurates the spring shepherding season and the lambing of the ewes. The blessing occurs on or near Good Shepherd Sunday. For more on the shepherding life see the Guardian article: Bleating heart.
Photos from Interia. Note that the chausibles worn by the priests are in the mountaineer style.
The Polish mountaineer group Zakopower has a new release out — Salomanga. Groups like Zakopower, Krywań, Goleć uOrkiestra, and Trebunie Tutki along with traditional and more avant garde crossover groups like Daab are keeping the tradition of Polish mountaineer music – Goralska Muzyka – Highlanders Music – alive and well. Here’s a sampling:
And another version…