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Národní ústav lidové kultury a Mezinárodní folklorní festival ve Strážnici/K 60. výročí založení ústavu a 70. výročí konání festivalu
| Title in English | National Institute of Folk Culture and International Folklore Festival in Strážnice/60th anniversary of the Institute and 70th anniversary of the Festival) |
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Národopisná revue |
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| Field | Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology |
| Keywords | Folk culture; folklore; folklorism; National Institute of Folk Culture; International Folklore Festival Strážnice |
| Description | Since 1946, the biggest folklore festival in the Czech Republic has been organized in the Southern-Moravian town of Strážnice. Since 1956, a professional institution has worked there that deals with research into folk culture and its protection. The institution is called the National Institute of Folk Culture and belongs to the Ministry of Culture at the present. The International Folklore Festival Strážnice has evolved from the original Czechoslovak show of folk songs and dances into the dimensions that allow it to rank among big European festivals with different ways of presentation of traditional folk culture. The cooperation between the National Institute of Folk Culture and the International Folklore Festival Strážnice as well as their anniversaries were the reason for this study. The authors also explain social contexts that led to the interest in folk culture and its demonstration in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. |