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Sabała
Sabała or Sablik (born Jan Krzeptowski né Gąsienica; 1809-1894) was a Goral amateur musician, storyteller and folk singer active in or around the Tatra Mountains. A friend to many renowned Polish artists of the late 19th century, he is featured in numerous Polish works of art of the epoch. The nicknames such as ''Sabała'' or ''Sablik'' were traditionally used by Goral families to distinguish between various branches of extended families and are still in use today. Sabała, together with his brothers, adopted the surname of Krzeptowski to distinguish themselves from the rest of the large Gąsienica family. Life In his youth he was a poacher and, reportedly, also a mountain highwayman. He took part in the failed Chochołów uprising of 1846, following which he spent some time in an Austrian prison. Set free, he abandoned his earlier life and, instead of settling down as a farmer, took up storytelling and playing music. For this reason local Gorals, and particularly so ...
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Gąsienica
Gąsienica is a Polish-language surname common among the Gorals, Goral population of Zakopane region literally meaning "caterpillar". The commonality of this surname is reflected in the following question-answer joke: "Why does cabbage not grow in Zakopane? – Because there are too many Caterpillars!" For the same reason ''Gorals'' use double-barrelled names, for better identification.Krzysztof Trebunia-Tutka"Jak odnaleźć górala, czyli rzecz o przydomkach" ''ZAKOPANE DLA CIEBIE'' People * Agnieszka Gąsienica-Daniel (born 1987), Polish alpine skier * Andrzej Gąsienica-Makowski (born 1952), Polish politician * Andrzej Gąsienica Roj (1930–1989), Polish alpine skier * Franciszek Gąsienica Groń (1931–2014), Polish Nordic-combined skier * Helena Gąsienica Daniel (1934–2013), Polish cross-country skier * Jan Gąsienica (Sabała) (1809–1894), Polish poet * Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak (1922–2009), Polish alpine skier * Józef Gąsienica (1941–2005), Polish Nordic-comb ...
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Kościelisko
Kościelisko is a village in Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. (It was previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.) It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kościelisko. It lies approximately west of Zakopane and south of the regional capital Kraków. In 2006 the village had a population of 3,900. Notable people * Sabała (1809 in Kościelisko - 1894 in Zakopane) a Goral amateur musician, storyteller and folk singer active in or around the Tatra Mountains. * Klemens Bachleda (1851 in Kościelisko - The Tatraa 1910), Polish mountain guide and mountain rescuer, born in Kościelisko * Wacław Krzeptowski (1897 in Kościelisko – 1945 in Zakopane) was one of the leaders of the Goralenvolk action in Podhale during WWII. * Andrzej Krzeptowski (1902 in Kościelisko – 1981 in Zakopane) was a Polish cross-country skier who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics. * Stanisław Karpi ...
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