Inspirational Sources of Cultural and Social Events and Celebrations in Current Rural Environment (on the example of the villages of Vlachovo, Soblahov, Malé Dvorníky, and Liptovská Teplička)

• Authors: Jágerová Margita

Title variants

SK

Inšpiračné zdroje kultúrno-spoločenských podujatí a slávností v súčasnom vidieckom prostredí (na príklade obcí Vlachovo, Soblahov, Malé Dvorníky a Liptovská Teplička)

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The study provides a comparative analysis of current forms of the all-year-round cultural and social festivities on the example of four selected villages. It tries to define the basic sources of inspiration for these events, the factors influencing this sphere, and it also seeks identical and different elements in this area and the possibility of using the “societal capital” (human, social and cultural) of each municipality in these activities. The basic source of inspiration for most socio-cultural events includes the local folk culture with the traditional annual cycle being the main part of it; in several cases, the annual cycle is tied to church holidays. In recent decades, events dedicated to children, or more precisely families with children, mothers and pensioners have become a kind of „cultural and social constants“ not only in the rural but also in the urban environment. The research confirmed the residents‘ lack of interest in celebrating the state and political events. Especially in suburban areas, the import of new globalized phenomena is more evident, whereby the more isolated villages have better conditions to develop their local traditional culture. The article presents several findings regarding the “societal” capital, especially the unequal use of human and cultural capital in the monitored villages, and it also emphasizes the importance of residents’ activism and support to this area by local governments, and the creation of the best possible conditions for cultural background and infrastructure.

Keywords

EN

Slovak countryside; culture and social events; local culture; „societal“ capital

• Publisher: The National Institute of Folk Culture
• Journal: Národopisná revue (Journal of Ethnology)
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 223 - 235

Contributors

author

Jágerová Margita