FOLK HANDICRAFT                         

Flowers built the monastery in lasting memory of the event. Near the monastery the town came into existence, that name is derived from the stag ( Jeleń- decorated paintings long ago. Paintings were bought in rimmed with cult places: Częstochowa, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska. Large meaning was tied to them. Among saints could not lack St Roch, which protected before plague as well as St Agata, which protected against fires.

      The painting protected from bad and united in prayer with God. Paint by peasants’ paintings didn’t exist because they didn’t have such meaning as these brought with pilgrimage.

    
A popular decoration was chandelier- an ornament of straw and tissue paper, usually hung on the ceiling photos and mirror in frame began fulfilling important part, too.

FURNITURE

The most important furniture was a trunk. A hand painted trunks wererichly ornamented. People put their jewelers, documents, beads and  clothes in the trunk for safekeeping.

Very popular tradition was basket weaving. People made different objects from pine roots, straws and wicker. For example: baskets,  barrels, beehives, and soft shoes made of straw

The iron crosses  and horseshoe , testify about the blacksmiths' activity. On Biała land several blacksmiths live yet.

Buildings

A long time ago, the land of Biała was covered with forest and people used wood in building. They built their houses and farms along the main road.

Historical buildings that have survived are the examples of wooden, wreath type of building.  The characteristic feature of it was dovetail joint – a type of joint used for fitting two pieces of wood tightly together.

In Świątkowice there is manor house  (the second in Poland) with hipped roof and bull’s-eye windows. The manor has a larch-shingled roof.

I. Pytkowska writes about manor in such a way:
 

„Żal mi cię dworze modrzewiowy, stary,

zabytku świetnej przeszłości minionej,

umilkły głośne wśród ścian twoich gwary

i echa pieśni radośnie nuconej”

Buildings of farms

A long time ago, a homestead was four-sided. A barn was situated opposite a house. Next to the house there were a cowshed and a shed.  The gable of the house, people tried to build  toward the main road. According to people’s belief, the entrance to the barn shouldn’t be situated from the south side.  Air which blew from there could be harmful for animals.

Privately owned farms were enclosured from three sides. Fences were made from brush. Every two meters    willow pillars were digging into the field.  When pillars were growing up the fence became thicken. Perches were nailed to the pillar and thin twigs were intertwining between them.  Wooden fences appeared later.

An entrance hall constitute center of the house. It divided room in two and functioned as a kitchen.

MANOR IN NARAMICE

Aspen and pine wood was the the most often practical building material of manors .   Shingle or thatched roof were covered roofs. Friut orchards, kitchen gardens, apiary and fishponds surrounded manor.  The manor in Naramicach from 19^th century is an example of such noble seat. Its distinctive feature is projection, magnificent porch from columnar portico, supported on two steps.

A CHURCH IN NARAMICE

Wooden, of wreath structure, parish church dedicated to All Saints in Naramice was built in the 16^th century. It feature is an interesting interior:  a Gothic painting dating to about 1480 and the Baroque main altar dated 1765.