Lajkonik Parade 2024 Krakow Poland| 30 years of Tribute by Mateusz Glonek
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
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Let me tell you about the history:
One of the most beautiful Cracovian traditions is the Lajkonik Parade: on the octave of Corpus Christi, the dancing rider on a wooden horse, in a bright Tatar outfit and surrounded by a noisy pageant, once again travels from Zwierzyniec to the Main Market Square where he collects a tribute from the Mayor of Kraków and joins him in raising a toast to the city’s residents.
Krakow is the city, where legend and tradition did not eventually give in to modernity. The annual parade of Lajkonik (called also the Zwierzyniecki Horse) is the best example. Every year, on the first Thursday after the Corpus Cristi holiday (see the calendar of the Lajkonik procession for the years 2024-2029), a rider on an artificial white horse, wearing a black beard, dressed in colourful clothes from the East, wanders around the streets of Krakow, from Zwierzyniec to the Main Market Square. Apart from the crowd of viewers, he is accompanied by a standard-bearer, carrying a majestic banner with the white eagle, twenty Wisła rafters “włóczki” in colourful clothes, as well as an eight-person band called “Mlaskoty”, whose music gives the rhythm to the march. The origins of this tradition of Krakow are elusive. The legend says that Lajkonik is a reminder of the time when Krakow was saved from the invasion of Tatars in the 13th century, when the rafters, mentioned above, heroically repelled the invaders in Zwierzyniec, killing their leader. Then one of the rafters put on the robes of the defeated Khan and triumphantly entered the city, announcing the victory to the residents. Whether these were the roots of the legend - the historians are not sure (they refer back also to the pagan times, as well as the church ceremonies), but we know for sure that Lajkonik has been travelling his route for several centuries and is one of the most important symbols of Krakow. The Museum of Krakow is assigned to protect and care for this symbol. The car and tram traffic is blocked on the route of the procession, and the Tatar with his procession visits local shops, bars and restaurants, receiving “tribute” due to the invaders. It is worth to see the difficult dance with the banner, which is performed by Lajkonik three times during the procession (see the map). Lajkonik gently strikes passersby with his wooden mace. They do not evade the strikes - they are believed to bring good luck. The procession ends in the evening at the Main Market Square, where Lajkonik meets with the Krakow City officials and receives a moneybag as a tribute. Then he makes a toast to the city prosperity and performs the last dance.
(wrote from karnet.krakowc...)
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Good job Geet! You covered the ceremony well and at a great vantage point! 😊
Yay, thank you! 🙏
Very nice 👍😊
Thx for video i cant this year show in live ; ) Greetings from Zakopane
my beautiful city.......
It really is! Thanks for watching the video ❤️
Great vlog! You are so lucky to live in Kraków! Just one thing-the letter “j” in Polish is pronounced like y in English. So Lajkonik is pronounced like “Laykonik”.
Dziękuję za film.😃
Widać, że kłamiesz.
Proszę bardzo!! Dziękuję za obejrzenie filmu ❤️
nice
Thank you so much ❤️
How wonderful, dear Geet, that you were in the Main Square with your lens. We participated in the Lajkonik parade in 2023, it took us over 6 hours and we lacked the strength for the final stage. Maybe someone will see what the route looked like and what customs are associated with this event. th-cam.com/video/Nfk6HObBaF0/w-d-xo.html