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    The Lajkonik is one of the unofficial symbols of the city of Kraków, Poland. It is represented as a bearded man resembling a Tatar in a characteristic...
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    legendary giant boar). The city of Kraków has a hobby-horse called the Lajkonik which traditionally appears on the first Thursday after the religious feast...
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    2017. "Erster Stadler "Lajkonik" nach Krakau geliefert – Ausschreibung für 60 weitere Straßenbahnen" [First Stadler “Lajkonik” tram delivered to Krakow...
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    arrows. Another possible reason is Ludwik Anczyc's 1861 version of the Lajkonik legend, which describes the sentry and the invading Tatars without mentioning...
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    objects popularly associated with the city, such as: the Wawel Dragon; the Lajkonik; certain landmark buildings, especially the Wawel, St Mary's Church, the...
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    public events and festivities, such as the annual Kraków szopka Festival, Lajkonik celebrations, Festival of Military Bands, Juwenalia Student Festival, Gala...
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    settlements. The 1287–1288 campaign is commonly held to be the origin of Lajkonik, a folk figure and unofficial symbol of the city of Kraków. The (possibly...
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    from Podhale and dances from Lublin. Among Lesser Poland's customs are Lajkonik, and Kraków szopka. Several renowned sportspeople and entertainers come...
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    ZPiT) include: Mazowsze (folk group) Śląsk Song and Dance Ensemble Harnam Lajkonik Polish Folk Ensemble Wici Song and Dance Theater Polonia Polish Folk Song...
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  • semi-legendary 9th-century ruler of the western Polans; last of the Popielids Lajkonik, a Kraków half-man-half-horse figure representing a Mongol invader, with...
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