Adam Chętnik
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Adam Chętnik (; born December 20, 1885, in Nowogród, died May 29, 1967, in
Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
) was a Polish
ethnographer Ethnography (from Greek ''ethnos'' "folk, people, nation" and ''grapho'' "I write") is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. Ethnography explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject o ...
who studied the
Kurpie Kurpie () is one of a number of ethnic regions in Poland, noted for its unique traditional customs, such as its own types of traditional costume, traditional dance and distinctive type of architecture and livelihoods. Kurpie is also the name of t ...
. He is the author of several books on the Kurpie residing in
Puszcza Zielona Puszcza Zielona (; {{lit, Green Wilderness) is a forest in Poland which extends from the Narew River and the border with the region of Masuria. It is bounded on the east by the Pisa River and on the west by the Orzyc River. The forest lies in a l ...
. In 1927 he founded Skansen Kurpiowski in Nowogród, an
open-air museum An open-air museum (or open air museum) is a museum that exhibits collections of buildings and artifacts out-of-doors. It is also frequently known as a museum of buildings or a folk museum. Definition Open air is “the unconfined atmosphere ...
dedicated to Kurpie culture. He published over 100 scholarly works. He was also an elected deputy to the
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, as well as a member of the
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.


Works

* ''Puszcza Kurpiowska'', 1913 * ''Chata Kurpiowska'', 1915 * ''Życie Puszczańskie Kurpiów'' * ''Mazurskim szlakiem'', 1939 * monografie Nowogrodu, Myszyńca, Dąbrówki, Opęchowa. * ''Kurpie'' * ''Z Kurpiowskich obozów'' * ''Obrazki i gadki'' * ''Krótki przewodnik po Kurpiach'' * ''Kalendarzyk zwyczajów i obrzędów ludu kurpiowskiego'' * ''O bursztynie i przemyśle bursztyniarskim''


References


Wrota Podlasia - Adam Chętnik


* Marian Pokropek, ''Adam Chętnik - badacz Kurpiowszczyzny'', Ostrołęckie Towarzystwo Naukowe, Muzeum Okręgowe w Ostrołęce, 1992


External links


Związek Kurpiów - Adam Chętnik
1885 births 1967 deaths People from Łomża County People from Łomża Governorate Popular National Union politicians Members of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic (1922–1927) Polish ethnographers Members of the Polish Academy of Learning Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) {{Poland-academic-bio-stub