Pruchnik

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Pruchnik ([ˈpruxɲik]) is a rural town in Jarosław County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Pruchnik. It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Jarosław and 39 km (24 mi) east of the regional capital Rzeszów.The town has a population of 3,519. Pruchnik gained town rights in around 1370; the status of a town was lost in 1935, and restored on 1 January 2011.
During Easter, on 21 April 2019, Pruchnik once again committed its infamous tradition of hitting, dragging, hanging and burning an effigy of Judas, which dates back to the medieval era. The tradition was condemned by the Catholic Church.

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