| Koniakow, the 500-year-old village in a
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| | places.Then came G-strings. Last fall,
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| strongly conservative southwest part of
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| | some lace makers trying to earn money
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| Poland that produced Pope John Paul II,
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| | spun a racy twist to the art, deciding
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| is almost totally unreachable during
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| | that underwear would sell better than
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| wintertime, particularly heavy in terms
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| | doilies. Since, the town of 3,000 has
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| of snowfalls. For two centuries, the
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| | been in an uproar, neighbor pitted
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| women have hooked thread in intricate
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| | against neighbor over lace thongs."Lace
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| crochet patterns to create lace
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| | making has always been a way for people
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| tablecloths and altar ornaments coveted
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| | to earn money here," says the 56-year-old
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| by royalty across Europe. It was an art
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| | mayor of the village, "But since the
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| taught by mothers to daughters, done at
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| | strings started, the community has been
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| home after the daily farming chores were
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| | divided: about money, about morality,
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| finished, bringing honor and income to
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| | about tradition."Some traditional lace
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| the small local population.Oval or round,
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| | makers accuse the renegade lace makers of
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| made with tremendous patience and skilled
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| | greed. Others say the thongs defile
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| tablecloths reached tables of kings,
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| | tradition, are indecent and promote sex.
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| aristocrats, bishops and all those with
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| | "Our lace graces Polish altars, the
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| abundant amounts of money to spend and a
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| | office of our president and that of the
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| desire to live surrounded with splendor
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| | holy pope in Rome," says the president of
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| and beauty. Koniakow lace decorates
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| | a local craft guild of lace makers who
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| tables in Vatican, Buckingham Palace, the
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| | has been working with lace for six
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| White House and many other eminent
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| | decades.
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