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The aim of the article is to provide a detailed ethnographic description of two significant examples of intangible cultural heritage researched during the realization of the fieldwork project Atlas niematerialnego dziedzictwa kulturowego wsi wielkopolskiej (Intangible Cultural Heritage Atlas of Greater Poland Village). The first one is a custom of annual women’s meetings on 8 March during the so-called...
What makes the Wilamowice town so unique is the original language, Wymysorys. Vilamovian was brought to Poland by the settlers from the Western Europe and survived through the historical storms in the region till today. However, due to the after-Second World War suppressions of the German-like speaking community – bans of using the language, population displacement and deportations to the labor camps...
There are still many instances of intangible cultural heritage within Zagłębie Dąbrowskie area (the region situated between Lesser Poland and Upper Silesia), which, passed from generation to generation, have long been cultivated by local people and are still present in their authentic forms. An example of such heritage in its best form is the misie custom. This tradition of leading with around a man...
A simple highland girl, who lived until the mid-20th century in one of the Lesser Poland’s villages, namely Stryszawa, has become a permanent element of the local iconosphere. Stryszawa has always been an important centre of folk sculpture and toy-making. Nowadays, the village is famous for an autochthonic mystic, Kunegunda Siwiec (diminutive: Kundusia). Websites connected with Stryszawa, apart from...
In the town of Grodziec, situated near Opole, almost entirely settled by the population coming from the Eastern Borderlands, works the very vigorous “Nasz Grodziec” Association, the purpose of which is saving the Eastern Borderlands’ tradition from oblivion. Their members, including the folk music ensembles “Grodziec” and “Jutrzenka”, prepared a stage production titled Wesele kresowe (The borderlands...
Ritual bread used to play a very important role in various annual and family rituals. In the Lublin region, korowaj – large round braided bread – as well as busłowe łapy, szczodraki, andrzejki or small breads from Wola Obszańska, piróg biłgorajski and the so-called crosses, baked during Lent in Michałówka, deserve special mention. They performed important ritual functions and could be considered in...
The paper refers to the results of previous fieldwork referring to religious phenomena and places of worship as part of intangible cultural heritage in Eastern Pomerania. Even though religion is not strictly included in the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, cultural practices and cultural means of expression are strongly inspired by the religious tradition...
Tourism is an important social phenomenon and a sector of economy that is developing more and more rapidly. It is especially cultural tourism that grows fast and also serves as a platform for the meeting of tourism and intangible cultural heritage. It meets the needs of the postmodern man who seeks excitement and diversity. The UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage...
The paper describes songs performed by pilgrims on their way to sanctuaries and during their stay there, presenting them as a specific genre of texts. In the first part of the paper, the author discusses the way pilgrimage songs were understood in earlier works. Furthermore, he proposes their new definition, referring to these elements of the texts which demonstrate the specific context in which the...
Part one of the article reconstructs the definition of intangible cultural heritage protection, based on the UNESCO Convention of 2003 and the Polish guidelines on applying for registration in the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Part two briefly describes the ritual of brodacze [literally: bearded men] – traditional New Year’s caroling – as practised in Sławatycze (Biała Podlaska district,...
The UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage strongly emphasises the role of oral tradition. However, among the elements of intangible heritage which it mentioned, toponyms– names of historic, cultural and topographic/natural content – were omitted. This does not mean that they are not under protection. Place names and urbanonyms deserve attention of cultural anthropologists,...
The text describes the activities of Traditional Music Laboratory of the Institute of Music and Dance, which was established on 17 June 2015 in Warsaw. The main objective of the Laboratory’s programs is to support traditional music transmission in a direct „master-apprentice” relationship and to facilitate an interdisciplinary, long-term collaboration between animators, researchers, scholars, artists,...
Konwencja UNESCO z 2003 roku w sprawie ochrony niematerialnego dziedzictwa kulturowego została ratyfikowana przez Polskę w 2011 roku. Od tego czasu podejmowane są liczne działania na rzecz upowszechnienia wiedzy o Konwencji, jej celach i możliwościach promowania wiedzy dotyczącej dziedzictwa kulturowego. W Polsce wdrażaniem jej postulatów zajmuje się Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego...
The continuity of settlement in Pomerania (with the exception of Kashubia and Kociewie) was interrupted after 1945. New settlers brought with them some of the tangible and most of the intangible heritage material. They combined them with an existing heritage material, which was nationally and culturally foreign to them.Research conducted by the author and her team from 2013 shows that the intangible...
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