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The Disappearance of Customs and Rituals in the Żywiec Region. Mass Culture and Globalization as Threats to the Local Tradition

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Sychowska E.

Anthropos?

2019

issue 28 Elitarne

141-153

This work contains reflections on the influence of mass culture and globalization on the disappearance of traditional cultural values of Żywiec. The thesis was formulated, according to which mass culture and globalization pose a threat to local traditions, displacing them, causing them to transform and deprive them. The phenomenon of local culture was presented, analyzing its definition, meaning and sense for human civilization. The concept of tradition and its relationship with regional culture is presented. The study also includes a discussion of the phenomena of mass culture and globalization. Based on the available definitional approaches, their origin, essence and meaning were analyzed. The most important implications of their presence for particular areas of human civilization development are underlined. The influence which both phenomena exert on the cultural plane of human functioning is described. The original and specific regional culture of Żywiec Highlanders was presented. An assessment of its contemporary condition has been made, using specific examples of areas of culture and art. The influence of mass culture and globalization processes on Żywiec traditions was estimated, drawing synthetic conclusions from the considerations. The accepted thesis was confirmed in part, revealing also another, much more positive and optimistic kind of influence of mass culture and globalization on the elements of regional culture.

GODNIE ŚWIĘTA W REGIONIE ŻYWIECKIM

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Rosiek B.

Ochrona Zabytków

2005

issue 2

41-50

Żywiec is one of the ethnographic areas in Poland where many elements of old folk culture have survived to the present day. It is known for its interesting folklore, folk art and rituals. It is a conservative region, but at the same time a creative one, which develops its culture on the basis of tradition. This phenomenon is wonderfully illustrated by the traditions that appear here during the Christmas and New Year season. Some of them have been preserved in a nearly unchanged form, such as in exchanging Christmas wishes, a green tree, and the scheme of Christmas Eve supper, traditional Christmas eve foods, and visiting others during the Christmas season. Some died out, not having any application anymore to real contemporary life in the village of Żywiec, like rituals associated with agriculture or animal husbandry which were meant to ensure harvest, bounty and fertility. Others survive in the form of entertainment or games, like some of the caroling traditions, where a feeling of unity and meeting with groups of friends and loved ones is more important than the traditional overtones of caroling as a magical charm for success. An example of these types of customs are New Year’s Paupers or Nobles, those which are typical of Żywiec and which distinguish them from others while also allowing one to identify with local society. Residents of the Żywiec area, while cultivating tradition, are also open to “the new”. That is why the local folk culture hasn’t stayed in an old or reconstructed form. It is dynamic and developing.

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The Disappearance of Customs and Rituals in the Żywiec Region. Mass Culture and Globalization as Threats to the Local Tradition

GODNIE ŚWIĘTA W REGIONIE ŻYWIECKIM