Folk dance practice and transmission of the folk dance tradition by expatriate Estonians in Sweden and Germany

• Authors: Ilvi Zajedova , Eha Rüütel
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this comparative research was to map the emergence of folk dance groups, ant to assess the role of folk dance in preserving Estonianism among Estonians in exile. For Estonians, their national format became the politically correct form of self-expression. For long decades this form, comprising folk costumes, songs and dance festivals in a national romantic spirit, ond originating from the period on national awakening, has suited Estonians.

Keywords

EN

Estonian expatriate; eco-cultural model; transmission of folk dance; traditions; identity; comparative research

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Český lid: etnologický časopis (Český lid: Ethnological journal)
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 101
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 57-76
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Ilvi Zajedova

• Český lid, redakce, Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

author

Eha Rüütel

• Český lid, redakce, Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic