Trailing of The Sheep Festival in Central Idaho with Polish Highlanders


Welcome to the Festival!
Come in the middle of October to Central Idaho. There is a beautiful sheep festival every year in two beautful towns, Ketchum and Hailey, located in the mountains of Central Idaho. Below are the photographs from the last festival in October 2006. Three different ethnic groups are included in this photographs: Polish highlanders who live now in Chicago, state Alberta and Vancouver, the descendants of Basques from Boise region and also the group of shepherds from Peru. Here is the link to the official website of the festival: Trailing of the Sheep if you would like to check the details. The festival started in 1997. Since this time it is celebrated every year in October. The sheep parade is down Main Street Ketchum. We start with the photographs that show Polish mountaineers.

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Trailing of the sheep from the mountains to the valley



This landscape reminds me of the Polish mountains




Another beautiful photograph of the sheep going down the valley for winter





Women from Polish mountains on the parade (goralki)



Highlanders on the parade (gorale) with the shepherd dog






Mountaineers- men in the folk costumes from the parade (gorale)



Polish shepherd dog on the parade






Mountaineers - men are dancing a typical dance for the Tatra region



Dances together - men and women






Mountaineers through generations - grandfather, father and a baby son



Mother and daughter in the folk costumes




Such a feather is typical on the highlander hat

The photos are thanks to Lila and Michal Szpakiewicz

See the next article that present Basques and mountaineers from Peru: Trailing of The Sheep Festival in Central Idaho - Basques and Peruvians.
Read about Polish Mountaineers - Folk Costumes, Tradition and History.

Check all articles devoted to Travel to Poland, check also links to external sites devoted to travel and hotel sites.
I recommend Eyewitness Travel Guide to Poland (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Teresa Czerniewics-Umer, Malgorzata Omilanowska, Jerzy S. Majewski, DK Travel Writers


This comprehensive book about Poland, showed below, may also be useful for you:
The Rough Guide to Poland by Mark Salter, Jonathan Bousfield



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