civil organisations in the hungarian folk culture (gergely palla)
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Civil organisations in the Hungarian
folk culture
Róbert Kedves, Katalin Beszprémy and
Gergely Palla
The Living Tradition Foundation,
Hungary
Outline
Historical overview
The civil organisations today
The Living Tradition Foundation
The discovery of folk art
The systematic collection, recording and
categorisation of Hungarian folk art started at the
beginning of the 20th century...
The discovery of folk art
The discovery of folk art
The different branches
of folk art:
•Handicrafts,
The discovery of folk art
The different branches
of folk art:
•Handicrafts,
•Performing arts:
folk music,
folk dance
Folk art in the socialism
Overwhelming centralised control
Centralised financial support
The emergence of civil organizations
The softening of the system made the foundation
of civil organisations possible in the last decade of
the socialist regime.
Moderate central control
Central financial and infrastructural
support
Civil organisations today
No official central controll.
Very limited central financial or infrastructural
support.
Problems occur mainly with the financial
background:
lacking sponsorship,
program financing is dominant,
(influenced by politics).
Civil organisations today
The National Civil Fund
The Alliance of the Folk
Art Associations
The Feast of Handicrafts
Civil organisations today
”Heritige” Children Folk
Art Association
Muharay Elemér Folk Art
Alliance
The Living Tradition Foundation
Established in 2008 for collecting, documenting
and popularising the traditional folk arts of the
Carpathian Basin.
Programs organised by the LTF:
Fashion shows: tradition and fashion
Folk art camp (folk dance, folk music,
handicrafts)
The Living Tradition Foundation
The Living Tradition Foundation
The Living Tradition Foundation
Thank you for your attention!
The Living Tradition Foundation
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HUNGARY
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