Editing Podhale (section)

== Local folklore ==
The region is characterized by its unique [[folklore]], which is distinct from other folk cultures in Poland. Its folklore was brought there mainly by settlers from the [[Lesser Poland]] region further north and partly by [[Vlachs (social class)|Wallachian]] (Vlach) settlers in the {{nobreak|14th&ndash;17th}} centuries during their migrations. The name Podhale literally translates as "below the mountains" in English.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://info-poland.buffalo.edu/web/geography/regions/podhale/link.shtml |title=Home -Geography - Podhale and Tatry<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928184004/http://info-poland.buffalo.edu/web/geography/regions/podhale/link.shtml |archive-date=2016-09-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is a combination of two words. In the Gorals dialect, the [[Alpine tundra]] is called [[:pl:Hala (pasterstwo)|hala]] (plural: hale), "pod" in Polish is the English "under".

The [[Podhale dialect]] of Polish as well as standard [[Polish language|Polish]] are spoken in the region.