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Saturday, November 21, 2009

This post is dedicated to Becia Svehlova, who can't fall asleep last nights, because one question is bothering her... What the hell, the dwarfs have to do with Wroclaw?



The answer is pretty simple - since the begining they lived, live and will live here. They showed first time in public, in eightees of 20th century. The first one - called by people "Papa Dwarf" has writen an anti-regime sentence on one of the city walls. The only thing which we know about him is that he was wearing orange bonnet and began the Orange Revolution in Wroclaw, which with its happenings and events took few bricks from the Soviet wall.


www.pomaranczowa-alternatywa.org
Although nowadays Wroclaw is not endangered by any regime, the dwarfs are still present on the streets and what's more, with every month their number increases. Dwarfs are everywhere - not only in the city centre, but also in the most unexpected places. They even have their own, official website - www.krasnale.pl - where you can get a map and start looking for them. The dwarfs became a symbol of the city and consequently the aim for many thieves - mostly from the other cities and British islands. But be careful! Dwarfs are playing tricks, so better respect them and leave in peace.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paszczak000/2672046997/sizes/l/
With drawfs is connected the second subject of the post - Dzień Życzliwości - the Day of Kindliness - no, it's not a joke, such a day really does exist and is celebrated not only in Wroclaw. You could notice, that underneeth I set a form - it's called the Kindliness generator - where you can post a kindliness report of someone. Unfortunatelly it is in Polish, but Uncle Google will help You. I hope that now, everytime, when you will meet some traveler giving people small drawfs statues, you won't call the emergency, but recognise him as a man from Wroclaw and invite him or her to pub. Don't worry, there will be no denying, eventually we are citizens of the most kind city ;)
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