Folklore Festivals in Moravia in the Light of Social Development
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Our Europe. Ethnography - ethnology - anthropology of Culture |
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| Web | http://www.ptpn.poznan.pl/Wydawnictwo/czasopisma/our/OE-2014-martina-pavlicova.pdf |
| Field | Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology |
| Keywords | folklore; Moravia |
| Description | The contribution Folklore Festivals in Moravia in the Light of Social Development deals with the interest in folk culture, or rather folklore expressions and their presentation at ethnographic festivities and folklore festivals. It pays attention to the first impulses for these activities, the struggles of individuals and institutions and especially the social connections of the mentioned cultural stream. As to the territory, the study of this development focuses on Moravia where since the late-19th century the living folk culture blended with the efforts to safeguard it, and where currently ethno-cultural traditions develop, which many cases have their roots in the legacy of folk culture. |