Paul Stenquist wrote: > Fascinating story. Nice pics too. Is this restaurant in Eastern > Slovakia? > Paul
It's in Krakow, right next to the Radisson hotel. It looks completely different on the outside...... > On Oct 28, 2006, at 1:03 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > >>Mike: >> >>Nice photos. >> >>Thank you very much for posting this portfolio and the great >>explanation of the Lemko people and their sad fate. >> >>"Lemko" or "Lemk" is the Polish name for the Rusyn ethnic group. >>Rusyns never had a nation of their own, and lived in eastern Slovakia, >>Western Ukraine and Southern Poland, in the foothills of the >>Carpathian Mountains. They are, therefore, often called >>Carpatho-Rusyns or Carpathian Russians. >> >>My father's parents were Rusyns who fled Hungarian occupied Slovakia >>in the 1890s. The area they came from was seized by the Soviet Union >>during WW II, and now is the Zakarpakskaya region of western Ukraine. >>Poland relocated all of the Rusyns (Lemkos) in Poland out of their >>native villages to distant part of Poland, virtually eradicating their >>culture. >>Rusyns in Ukraine have mostly been forced to assimilate into the >>Ukrainian culture. Only in Eastern Slovakia does the Rusyn way of >>life survive to some extent. >> >>Today, more people who identify themselves a Rusyns life in North >>America than in all of Europe. Here, the culture is largely kept >>alive by their churches, Eastern Orthodox or Byzantine Rite Roman >>Catholic. >> >>Rusyn-American that you may be familiar with include: Sandra Dee, Tom >>Ridge (Rusyn mother), Tom Selleck (Rusyn mother), Sergeant Michael >>Strank (the leader of the Iwo Jima flag raisers), Robert Urich, Andy >>Warhol, and band leader Peter Wilhousky. >> >>For information on the Rusyns, the People without a Country, see: >> >>http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/ >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusyns >> >>On 10/27/06, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>The Lemk (pronounced Wemk in Polish) is an ethnic group from Central >>>Europe, specifically south eastern Poland and south western Ukraine. >>>As >>>with so many of that ilk, they were hounded from their homes by both >>>the >>>Nazis and the Soviets, never to return. >> >>>http://www.lemko.org/ >>> >>>On a recent visit, I stumbled across a Lemko restaurant and spent a >>>wonderful evening being regaled with the folk music of the region. At >>>first by a trio of musicians then, later in the evening, by a group of >>>students that came in to drink and sing along. The friend that was >>>with >>>me ended up dancing with the waiter. 8-) >>> >>>The pictures are not of the best quality (it was much darker than it >>>appears) but I hope they give an impression of the enjoyment I had >>>that >>>evening. >>> >>>http://home.fotocommunity.com/mike.a.wilson/index.php? >>>id=529253&g=242560 >>> >>>DL/2, A50/1.7 mostly >>> >>>mike >>> >>>-- >>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>[email protected] >>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
