My village is 450 years old!

Hello to all! I’m sorry I have neglected this blog for so long!

As you can see from the title something very interesting happened in my village this weekend, we were celebrating its 450 birthday! Yay ;) Because of that those past few days were really full of attractions – and they’re not over yet.

Couple of words about Sidzina then. My village can be considered as quite big one (by Polish standards), it has over 4 thousand inhabitants now. Our church was built in XIX century, after the original one was destroyed  in a fire. Inside there’s a very special painting of Virgin Mary, which is approximately as old as the village. People from Sidzina are very proud of it and they say that it’s  miraculous and come pray to Her in times of distress. Village is located in lovely mountains Beskidy, they’re not very high but the views are amazing for long walks. There’s a National Park nearby, called Babia Góra. I really like this place!

If you want to see more pictures of the village, you can check this page:
http://www.sidzina.net.pl/Domy,c10.html

Or watch this short video on youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDMjWo0M-Yg

OK, back to the celebration. There was a lovely wooden statue created by one of the local artists, it looks like this:

Last month there was a cross-country run related to the anniversary, a lot of art contest for children and a sport event. This Sunday was the center point of the celebration.  There was a concert in our church, feast in our open air museum (skansen), generally a lot of music, shows and dancing till morning. A lot of alcohol too ;p 

More pictures from this weekend can be found here:
http://195.88.114.18/450_lecie/index.php?option=com_joomgallery&view=gallery&Itemid=481&page=1#gallery

And there’s still a lot of things planned for future weeks - such as a mass in the small chapel in the local mountains, football tournament, photo exhibitions and so on. Yes, I love my village :D

Till next time!

Magdalena