OSOBITOSTI, POVAHA, JAZYK A SPÔSOB ŽIVOTA ORAVCOV POHĽADOM MATEJA BELA

• Authors: Sekerášová Barbora

Title variants

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Peculiarities, character, language and way of life of the Orava people from the perspective of Matej Bel

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The Orava region, located in the northernmost part of Slovakia is significantly differs in climate conditions from other regions. Cold climate also heavily influences living conditions of local people. Back in the day it was typical for people living in this cold, mountainous, barren area to be humble and live modest way of life on the brink of misery and famine. The aim of the study is to present information about the local specifics of the way of life, language and traditional folk culture of the inhabitants of the Orava County, in Matej Bel’s work - Notitia Hungariae Novae historico-geographica („Historical and Geographical Knowledge of New Hungary“). We will view the facts contained in this work from an ethnographic angle in relation to population at that point in time, ethnicity its customs and traditions.

Keywords

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ORAVA COUNTY; LANGUAGE; IDENTITY; WAY OF LIFE; MATEJ BEL; SLOVAKIA

• Publisher: Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda (Trnava)
• Journal: Populačné štúdie Slovenska
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 5 - 18

Contributors

author

Sekerášová Barbora

• University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Department of Ethnology and non-European Studies, Nám. J. Herdu 2, 917 01 Trnava, Slovak Republic