SPOLOČENSKO-KULTÚRNE AKTIVITY A ICH ORGANIZÁTORI V OBCIACH NA ZÁHORÍ

• Authors: Mojmír Benža

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Social-cultural activities in Záhorie villages and their oganizers

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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This study analyses the results of research on social-cultural activities which were conducted between the years 2010 and 2012 in villages in three districts of the Záhorie region. The research aimed to discover not only which social-cultural activities were held in the course of the year, but also the part played by civic associations registered in the villages in their organisation. The findings of the study show that there are three layers of social-cultural events. Firstly, there are events rooted in the traditional mode of life. The second layer is composed of what were originally centrally organised civic and political celebrations and activities, which have been transformed into amusements and recreational events. The third layer comprises events which are new or foreign to our cultural milieu but are accepted by the village community. The organisers of social-cultural events also may be divided into several groups. The first group comprises village administration; a second group includes civic associations of local firefighters, sportspeople and hunters, along with kindergartens and elementary schools; a third group is of mainly new civic associations, very varied in their fields of interest; a fourth, the least numerous, consists of non-governmental organisations with an all-Slovakia scope. A fifth group of civic associations are those which develop activities only within the narrow confines of their own membership.

Keywords

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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES; CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS; ZÁHORIE; CULTURAL ACTIVITIES; SLOVAKIA

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovenský národopis (Slovak Ethnology)
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 61
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 246 – 257

Contributors

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Mojmír Benža

• Ústav etnológie SAV, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic