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BESIEGED OUTPOST OF THE WEST, VICTIMIZATION AND OCCIDENTALIZATION IN THE REGIONALIST DISCOURSE

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Zarycki T.
Kultura i Społeczeństwo
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2005
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vol. 49
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issue 2
115-133
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The article presents two selected dimensions of the Polish regionalist discourse: its tendencies of self- 'victimization' and 'occidentalization'. They refer to emphasizing of supposedly unusual sufferings and attachment to the Western culture of particular regional communities. The analysis has been carried out on the basis of the study of three Polish regions of considerable diversity: Silesian voivodship, Swietokrzyskie voivodship and Warminsko-Mazurskie voivodship. The discussion of victimization and occidentalization of the regional discourses has been related to the reflection over the nature of the Polish national identity. In the final part, the article uses Pierre Bourdieu's theory of the three types of capital to theorize about the two phenomena. At the same time, their assessment is linked to different ideological approaches.
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Śląska tożsamość regionalna w okresie nowożytnym (do 1740 r.)

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Harc L.
Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka
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2013
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vol. 68
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issue 2
97–108
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The perception of Silesia as something distinct and the formation of emotional bonds with the region, which were based on chronicles from the Middle Ages was further enhanced by humanist thought. Since the end of the 15th century and the beginnings of the 16th due to poetry, historiographical works, geographical description and the first maps, the vision of a region with specified borders, the population of which felt bonded due to shared history, pride of fertile lands and magnificent cities, especially the Capital City of Wrocław the awareness of Silesia as a homeland, simply of being Silesian grew among the population. Boys from different social groups, taught in the local schools were instructed and moulded all through the Habsburg era. Since the Thirty Years’ War, as a result of the policy of undermining the importance of pan-Silesian institutions, with the demise of the Silesian Piast dynasty and other dynasties laying claim on their duchies, the local awareness grew. Even then most authors of historical and cartographical works were aware of the broader context. The identity of being Silesian and the historical continuity of the region since the 10th century, and in the context of the search for ancient origins of the people populating the land even since the biblical times, constituted a factor beneficial to the formation of a cohesive identity, a unifying factor binding coexisting, especially since the 17th century, various local identities.
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THE MEANING AND IMPORTANCE OF EUROPEAN IDENTITY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO REGIONAL AND NATIONAL IDENTITIES IN SPAIN: SOME CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN IDENTITY

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Grad H., Ros M., Garcia-Albacete G., Rodriguez-Monter M.
Sociológia (Sociology)
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2004
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vol. 36
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issue 3
219-236
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European, Spanish, and regional identities were studied as part of a wider research survey of youth beliefs and experiences regarding the European Union. The research was conducted in the capital city (Madrid) and the Basque Country (Bilbao). At each location, representative and European-oriented youth samples (N=400 and N=100 each) of 18-24 years (50% female) were gathered. The interviewees were asked about their perception of border countries as included in Europe, and to rate different feasible meanings of the EU, its impact (at personal, regional, and country levels), and different cognitive, affective and evaluative aspects of European, Spanish and regional identities. Regarding European borders, Turkey was the only country most interviewees did not perceive as part of or belonging to Europe. Geography, membership in the EU and, above all, the Euro currency emerged as the most salient features of meaning for Europe (beyond shared values and traditions). The European Union was perceived as having a positive, but small impact for the person, moderate for the region, and greater impact for the country of Spain. The identity patterns were similar in most of their aspects: In Madrid, the Spanish identity was the most important, the importance of regional identity was similar to it, and the identification with Europe was moderate, the least important. In Bilbao, the identification with the Basque Country was the strongest, while Spanish and European identities were related and came out of 'little' importance. Older interviewees presented stronger European identity in the pro-European but weaker in the general sample. Finally, interviewees considered themselves only 'sometimes' as a 'European citizen' with no significant difference by Region, Age or Gender group.These relationships seem to reflect the configuration of different levels of social identity. The hegemony of different nationalist orientations led to a distinct meaning of national identity in each region (Spain in Madrid but the Basque Country in Bilbao). Thus, instead of a continuum of social category inclusiveness (as suggested by Brewer 1991), the results show different breaches between levels of social categories and identities - between Basque and higher levels in Bilbao and between Spanish and higher levels in Madrid. Summing up, the identity level reflecting the dominant national identity seems to function as a basic category distinctively organizing the whole identity configuration.The impact of the European Union was perceived as much stronger for the country (Spain) than for the region and the person. Madrid and pro-European samples perceived stronger impact on the less inclusive categories. Beyond the different identity configurations, these patterns suggest a relationship between the weak perceived impact of the European Union on levels closer to the person and the weak identification with Europe. Finally, though interviewees did not recall learning a lot about the European Union at school, this perception, as well as the experience of visiting other European countries and mastering European languages, was enhanced in the younger and the pro-European sample (and among Bilbao respondents). Thus, personal and social experiences would reinforce the perceived impact of the European Union at the personal level and certainly contribute to reinforce a shared European identity beyond national-regional nuances in the Spanish context.
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SOME PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE REGIONAL IDENTITY OF THE INHABITANTS OF 'LUBELSZCZYZNA'

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Dziekanowska M.
Wieś i Rolnictwo
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2006
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issue 4(133)
141-157
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Since the 1980s Polish science has been showing a growing interest in regional problems. In the past decades the social identity of individuals and communities became thoroughly altered under the influence of systemic changes and widening systems of relations and contexts of functioning linked to the intensifying impact of globalisation. In contemporary sociology regions and regional identity are phenomena representing a correlate of social awareness. 'Lubelszczyzna' is a historical region mostly perceived at present as a geographical or administrative unit that cannot be characterized in the categories of distinct ethnic or ethnographic features. The population of Lubelskie province has not developed regional awareness and in this sense this province is not a proto-region in which the awareness-shaping processes have started. It should rather be seen as a region 'in statu nascendi', in which the awareness-shaping processes have begun but are far from becoming consolidated. 'Lubelszczyzna' is characterised by a relatively weak and diluted regional identity. It is not clear whether the awareness of the region's inhabitants is shaped to the degree allowing them to identify themselves not only with the area closest to their place of residence but also with the entire region.
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Śląska tożsamość kulturowa okresu średniowiecza na przykładzie architektury i sztuk plastycznych

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Kaczmarek R.
Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka
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2012
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vol. 67
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issue 4
163–169
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The cultural identity of architecture and visual arts of the Middle Ages in Silesia can be analysed through the following criteria: 1) distinct formal features of local artworks; 2) specific content expressed through it. Macro factors (availability and type of materials) are important in architecture, as are architectural patterns and styles. Most frequent in this context are brick buildings, with sandstone used for details. In the 14th century distinct and formal patterns of style in architecture took shape (such as the basilica form of town churches), same with detailed construction and aesthetic solutions in walls and vaults. The factors shaping the specific nature of Silesian art are the influence of dominant styles (initially from the Czech state, later southern Germany, including Nuremberg), political contexts (affiliation with the Bohemian Crown) and religious (mostly choice and popularity of patron saints).
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Destrukcyjne czy spajające region? Grupy społeczne na średniowiecznym Śląsku w kontekście aktywności politycznej (czwarta ćwierć XII-XV w.)

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Wiszewski P.
Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka
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2012
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vol. 67
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issue 4
103–138
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Activities of social groups, which cause relations between the people of a society, constitute a crucial aspect of a given region’s nature. Did the political and social elite of the Oder region area (Nadodrze), in the time from the latter part of the 12th century until the latter part of the 15th century, take intentionally coordinated, mutually agreed upon actions. Or, after being forced by external factors to take such actions, did they continue to coordinate their activities after external factors ceased to be operative. Yet another question is, did the members of this political elite consider in their activities the notion of a unified, territorial unit called “Silesia”? Various political activities of the Nadodrze elite in the Middle Ages makes establishing a unified model of the formation of regional unity unfeasible. Activities undertaken by the dukes maintained the awareness of Silesia’s unity despite their, and their entourage’s, tendencies to focus on the importance of these small duchies. The dukes focused their activities, via conventions and confederations, towards building community awareness, combining thus far separate elites of individual duchies, especially the society of southern and middle part of Nadodrze. Despite the extended cooperation on various issues, which extended beyond the borders of specific duchies, in the latter part of the 14th and early 15th centuries, separatist tendencies were still extant. Silesian society, forged through political activities of its elite was by nature a network, which reacted dynamically to influences from its surroundings. The structure hardened sometimes, although its members valued locality at least as high as their regional identity.
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W poszukiwaniu śląskiej tożsamości regionalnej (do 1526 r.)

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Mrozowicz W.
Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka
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2012
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vol. 67
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issue 4
139–161
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During the search for factors constituting proof of existence of Silesian regional identity in the Late Middle Ages, the author analysed the process of formation and functioning of common tradition. Among the analysed, contributing factors is the name Śląsk/Silesia and the process through which it entered collective awareness. The Piast dynasty was a significant element of this tradition, considering the attempts for preserving their memory, primarily within historiographical works. Saint Hedwig of Silesia (died 1243) was of particular significance within this dynasty, her cult from dynastic in nature changed into regional, she became the patron saint of Silesia. In Silesian tradition Piotr Włostowic (died circa 1151) is very important as well, due to his literary and historiographical prowess he rose towards the status of regional hero. The local church was also significant for the forging of regional identity. This author analysed the actions he took for the purpose of preserving and strengthening within memory the knowledge about the bishops of Wrocław, indicating, among other things, the bishop catalogues, widespread in Silesia. Much attention was paid to the regional discourse, present within chronicles and plentiful chronicle annuals. In late Middle Ages it became the main platform for expression of regional issues. Analysing characteristics of particular events, the author pointed to the tangled routes through which the Silesian regional identity formed. It was primarily a result of far reaching ethnic changes, taking place in Silesia at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries and influence of cultural traits of bordering regions.
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Kształtowanie się Śląska (do 1163 r.). Czynniki integracji regionalnej

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Rosik S.
Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka
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2012
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vol. 67
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issue 4
31–52
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Silesia, as a distinct region, took shape along with the development of state and church structures under the Piast rule. Said formation of structures caused the dissolution of tribal relations. The central indicator of regional identity, the name belonging to the cultural legacy of barbaricum acquired a new meaning, territorial by nature and far removed from the primal meaning, belonging to multiple traditions, not necessarily all of them Silesian. Due to cultural interpretation the Ślęża mountain, a source of myths and an essential element of many legends as well as of the landscape has undergone a similar transformation. During the time under consideration the influence of so-called anthroporegional structure that reaches back to prehistoric times on the structure of settlement is noticeable. When compared to the tribal times the period of early state formation of the Piast Monarchy saw an increased influence of the river Oder as an axis for the establishment of administration in both state and church. Integration of the region has progressed around the centre located in Wrocław. The feudal fragmentation of 1138 halted this process. The divisions separated regions formerly belonging to one diocese and, most likely, one province as well. Among the issues significant for the formation of the region were, in the second half of the 12th and beginning of the 13th centuries, the limitation of the meaning of “Silesia” to the latter-day Lower Silesia, as well as defining its regional identity, in context of territorial authorities, to Silesian titulary rather than the one of Wrocław. This was a return to the naming tradition of the Ślężanie tribe. Silesia as a region became thusly an undeniable fact of the social and political life of the fragmented Poland, while the extension of Silesian territory to the upper part of the Oder river waited for the 14th century.
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České kulturně-historické regiony ve vědomí svých obyvatel

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Siwek T., Bogdova K.
Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review
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2007
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vol. 43
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issue 5
1039-1053
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The Czech Republic is comprised of different regions at the sub-national level. These are the historical lands of Bohemia, Moravia, and (part of) Silesia, small ethnographic regions, and administrative units. Their objective hierarchy derives from their former historical role, from their administrative function today, and their regional importance. In this article the authors attempt to describe the subjective hierarchy of these regions in the minds of their inhabitants, drawing on a survey of 1203 respondents from throughout the Czech Republic conducted in 2003 by the Centre for Public Opinion Research. The historical lands of Bohemia and Moravia are two regions whose existence Czechs recognise without question, while Silesia is in a weaker position and garners only two-thirds of the level of recognition accorded the other two historical lands. The cultural or ethnographic regions and the administrative units are on an approximately equal level, which is distinctively lower than that of the three Czech historical lands. More of these small regions are located in Moravia than in Bohemia or Silesia. The best known Czech regions are: Wallachia, Moravian Slovakia, Hana (all of which are in Moravia) and the Region of Khods (Bohemia). The best known region that is neither ethnographical nor one of the administrative units is the former industrial region
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CRAFTS IN GREAT POLAND AND ECONOMIC REGIONALISM (Wielkopolskie rzemioslo a regionalizm ekonomiczny)

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Bondyra K.
Przegląd Zachodni
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2010
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issue 3(336)
19-33
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The main thesis of the article is that in Wielkopolska (Great Poland) craft is the key element of regional identity. This thesis is warranted not only by the fact that proportionally, Wielkopolska has the greatest number of craft workshops in Poland, but also by the ethos of the region, which was historically shaped by craft virtues. The latter include the cult of 'good workmanship', thriftiness and last but not least, orientation toward having 'a trade in hand'. Thus, 'craft virtues' have become an inalienable element of regional identity and we are justified in characterizing Wielkopolska as a case of economic regionalism.
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Název jako symbol regionu

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Semian M.
Historická geografie (Historical Geography)
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2012
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vol. 38
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issue 2
335-352
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The article addresses the concept of regional names and of their importance in regional studies. The first section tries to define the position of the name as a part of the symbolic shape of the region in the context of the “new” understanding of the region as a social construct. The subsequent section discusses the main problems, which must be taken into consideration in the study of regional names. In addition, the article also offers methodological examples of how names of regions can be used in geographical research, primarily as a means for identifying the territorial shape of the region. Finally, it underscores the need to combine different interdisciplinary approaches in the study of regions.
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REGIONÁLNE POVEDOMIE A IDENTITA REGIÓNOV NA SEVERNOM SLOVENSKU: MULTIMIERKOVÁ PERSPEKTÍVA

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Nikischer R.
Slovenský národopis (Slovak Ethnology)
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2016
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vol. 64
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issue 1
8 – 31
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No appropriate research on regional identities, especially a qualitative one, has so far been conducted in Slovakia. Given the fact that Slovakia can be considered an extremely suitable area of interest in terms of a research on regional identities, this fact is quite striking. In particular the north of Slovakia with traditional regions characterised by a relatively high level of institutionalisation represent an excellent area of interest. The paper seeks to overcome at least partially the existing gaps in the debate on Slovakia’s regional identities. It is based on in-depth interviews with mayors of several municipalities from northern Slovakia, which is delimited as the area of the Žilina and Prešov self-governing regions. The study understands region as a social construct which can acquire different geographical scales; regional identity is therefore discussed at several geographical levels. The major problem in Slovakia in connection with regional identities is the discrepancy between the borders of self-governing regions and the borders of traditional regions.
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TERRITORIAL IDENTITIES: CONCEPTUAL INTERPRETATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT (Terytorialni identychnosti: kontseptualni interpretatsii v suchasnii zarubizhnii sotsiolohichnii dumtsi)

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Korzhov H.
Sotsiolohiia: teoriia, metody, marketyng (Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing)
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2010
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issue 1
107-124
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The article presents the critical overview of the most influential conceptual approaches to the issue of territorial identity in contemporary Western sociological thought. The up-to-date conceptual tools and interrelatedness between major terms, such as space, place, territory, are analyzed. By comparing basic statements of the two key theories of identity - sociological and socio-psychological ones - the author attempts to elucidate their heuristic potentialities for the study of territorial identities. The paper discusses some other specific conceptions advanced by Western scholars in order to conceive the phenomenon of the person's interaction with geographical and socio-cultural space. Special attention is given to the theory of place identity and concept of imagined communities. Finally, within the framework of the two paradigmatic models of identity in contemporary sociology - substantial and constructivist - the author distinguishes those characteristics which have a considerable cognitive potential and tries to come to the theoretical synthesis.
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PROCESJE, DOŻYNKI, FESTIWALE... CYKLICZNE FORMY DZIAŁALNOŚCI LUDOWYCH ZESPOŁÓW ŚPIEWACZYCH W POLSCE

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Kasprzyk D.
Etnologické rozpravy (Ethnological Disputes)
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2017
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vol. 24
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issue 2
48 - 61
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In 2015 Wrocław foundation "Ważka" in cooperation with some Polish scientific institutions organized a project: "Local folk groups – an ethnographic laboratory". The project was financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. The organizers studied 96 folk groups active in Rural Women's Circles in 4 voivodships. It was established that their activities concentrate round periodical events, mainly official ones such as local harvest festivals, historic anniversaries, annual reviews etc. Some of them accompany church holidays: Easter, Christmas, Corpus Christi. Folk groups' activities are also connected with local initiatives of various organizations and local celebrations. The periodical character of these activities triggers specific preparations and determines the repertoire as well as the division of duties among group members.
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