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Studies in Národopisná revue 2/98 present materials on pilgrimages. There are articles on Social and cultural phenomenon of pilgrimages (by K. Zajícová), Dub-Eiche-Makkos-Encina, or, The affiliation of some attributes of Marian pilgrimage sites in Europe (by R. Jeřábek), The Pilgrimage site in Dub nad Moravou (by A. Dunajová), and Two aspects of the manifestation of contemporary devotion as seen in pilgrimages to Žarošice and Turzovka (by H. Dvořáková). The complementary article by M. Válka deals with The Adam and Eva motives in the folk art.
The Living tradition column presents contemporary Shrovetide processions in the vicinity of Vyškov in Moravia (by M. Mikysková). Society s chronicle reminds us of the anniversaries of Jan Rokyta (60 years) and Dušan Holý (65 years), and the deaths of Jan Kadlec (1927-1998), Marie Ulčová (1925-1998) and Slávek Volavý (1922-1983). This issue of the journal closes with the regular festival, exhibition and conference news, and book reviews. Enclosed you can find a list of books and magazines from the international book exchange of the Institute of Folk Culture in Strážnice in 1997.
The core of Národopisná revue 1/98 is devoted to materials on traditional folk culture of the south Moravian Podluží region. The authors deal with historical references on the region and its formation, on folk architecture, dress, dance and visual art. This issue is a link with previous presentation of other ethnographical regions in Národopisná revue (the Horácko, 1994, the hanacké Slovácko, 1995, and the Tešínsko regions, 1997). The article series is a follower of regular seminars of the Institute of European Ethnology of Masaryk University in Brno.
The rest of the journal brings the results of a sociological research which was held among visitors of the International Folklore Festival in Strážnice in 1997, after a 15 year gap, and it also brings responses of the long-term program coo pera tors.
There are evaluations of the International Folklore Festival in Východná (Slovakia), of a festival of Lužice Serbiens in Croswitz-Chroscice (Germany) and of a festival of folk instrument ensembles in Uherské Hradiště.
Society's chronicle brings an article on the anniversary of Míla Brtník (1928), an outstanding representative of folklore movement from the Horácko region, and obituaries of Vaclav Šťastný (1922-1997), Otakar Máčel (1920-1997) and Eva Flašarová (1935-1998).
The part devoted to conference and exhibition news, and reviews closes up with the regular Lost and Found column. This time it contains a commentary by Richard Jeřábek on the life and work of a special and dubious character of the Czech ethnography, Otakar Nahodil (1923-1995).
In the course of recent months, some regions of our country have been struck by a flood which has hit the area of the Institute for Folk Culture in Strážnice as well. Because of this and of economical difficulties before this flood, the only solution was to link the planned copies 3 + 4 together into one dubble-copy. By this, its contents composition has been touched as well.
Due to the fact that the first copy of this volume was devoted to the region of Silesia around the town of Těšín and the second copy presented the UNESCO - working meeting concerning the inappropriate forms of folklore commercialization, the contributions of this dubble-copy had to be squeezed together. Josef Vařeka devoted his contribution to ethnocartography. Daniela Stavělová pays attention to the tradition and present of the dance "roundelay" of the Chodsko-district. Jana Pospíšilová and Zdeněk Uherek publish the results of terrain investigation of Czechs in postwar Sarajevo and Ivan Dorovský show destinies of chiIdrenemigrants from Greek Macedonia. The other two essays are devoted to problematic of the feasts. Jitka Matuszková deals with this theme in the border region of Moravia, Slovakia and Austria, Jarmila Pechová in the surroundings of the big-city housing estate. Jan Kux describes the present legal protection of authors, performers and collectors of folk music.
The essays have been amended by survey among personalities celebrating their anniversaries, by reports of festivals of folklore, exhibitions, by reviews of books, dofferent information etc.
In this copy of the Národopisná revue periodical, there are published the selected papers of the meeting of experts from the Central and Eastern Europe, regarding the preparation of methodological Handbook for safeguarding the traditional folk culture against the unsuitable commercialization. The working meeting took place between 13. and 16. 10. 1996 in Strážnice and the experts from Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine and Czech Republic took part in it. Mr. Michal Beneš (Czech Republic) highlighted the violation of author’s rights in connection with development of tourism. Mr. Josef Jančář (Czech Republic) formulated the questions for the Handbook being prepared. Mr. Mila Santová (Bulgaria) highlighted the vulgarization of traditional cultural elements and their abuse in Bulgaria. Mr. Jerzy Chmiel (Poland) gave a report on some CIOFF conclusions regarding the commercialization of folklore and on positive and negative contributions of international folklore festivals in that range. Mr. Richard Jeřábek and Jaroslav Štika (Czech Republic) pointed about the problem of "natural" commercialization of the folk handicrafts, the abuse of models and some pandering forms of utilization of the traditional folk culture in open-air ethnographic museums. Mrs. Anna Bujnová (Slovakia) spoke about the concrete forms of safeguarding the folk handicrafts in Slovakia. Mr. Josef Kuks (Czech Republic) gave the expert clarification of international contracts relating to the authors and relative rights.
These papers have been completed by the anniversary contributions, reports from folklore festivals, seminars, by assesments of exhibition, reviews of books and other information.
The significant part of this issue of the Ethnographic Revue is dedicated to contribution concerning the region of Silesia around the town Těšín (authors Richard Jeřábek, Miroslav Válka a Jiřina Veselská). These contributions present anthology of papers given at the work seminar under the name - Profile of the Ethnographical Region: Silesia around the Town of Těšín, organized by the Institute of Europian Ethnology of the Faculty of Arts of the Masaryk's University in Brno and hold between 30. - 31. May 1996. The study trip around the Tešínsko region, connected with visits of museum expositions in the towns Český Těšín, Třinec and Krakow has been a part of this seminar.
The previous seminars connected with educational trips were devoted to the following regions: Haná (1992), Valašsko (1993), Horácko (1994) and Hanácké Slovácko (1995) and some contributions were issued in the former volumes of the Ethnographical Revue.
In the section called "Reports", there are remembered the anniversary of A. Jančík - the first violist of the dulcimer band from Brno, Alena Přetáková and Alena Schauerová, the workers of the folklore range, Vladimír Meloun and Prof. Otakar Pokorný. Further, you can find the information from folklore festivals, seminars, evaluations of exhibitions, review of books. At the end there is given the list of books and magazines of the international interchange of the Institute's publications in 1996.
The fourth, last issue of "Národopisná revue" in 1996 differs from the previous issues. While the articles and studies of the first issue dealt with the Hanácké Slovácko ethnography region, the second issue specialized in the 40th anniversary of the foundation of Ústav lidové kultury (the Folk Culture Institute) in Strážnice, and finally the third issue was devoted to the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the UNESCO. This fourth issue is focused deeper on different reports and reviews.
The introduction belongs to the collective of authors Alena Schauerová, Věra Frolcová and Šárka Portesová. They publicize the first results of the "Home Throuhg the Children's Eyes" project, which was iniciated under the umbrella of the Folk Culture Institute in Strážnice. The necessity of the interdisciplinary studies of superstitions is stressed in an article by the late scholar Vladimír Scheufler. Eva Urbachová explores in her report the wedding tradition in which the brides were introduced among the married women by the way of arranging their head scraf.
The articles are supplemented by reports from folklore festivals and seminars, evaluations of exhibitions, book and memorial volumes reviews, and other Information.
The introduction brings an editorial and the final report on a seminar of mid - and Easteuropean countries called "On Application of the The Recommendation for the Preservation of the Traditional and Folk Culture and Folklore", as well as a resolution agreed on at the seminar. Josef Jančář writes about the application of the UNESCO Recommendation in the Czech Republic. Daniel Luther evaluates the significance of the document for the preservation of traditional culture and folklore in Slovakia. Alena Schauerová observes the significance of education in the children's folk ensembles with regards to the creation of evaluation orientation towards home relationship. Juraj Hamar writes about understanding folklore in the education of children and youth in Slovakia. Jarmila Paličková deals with contemporary activities in folk art production in Slovakia. Karel Pavlištík focuses on the present state of development of the former Strážnice jubilees, that is the International Folklore Festival in Strážnice. Nona Vojancová shortly presents open-air museums in the Czech Republic.
These papers, prepared for the above mentioned seminar, are supplemented by several other related papers. Richard Jeřábek deals with the relationship of the Czech ethnography to UNESCO, Martina Pavlicová deals with Strážnice and CIOFF relationship. Daniela Stavělová presents a paper on the activity of the ICTM Ethnocho-reology study group. This part is completed by the "UNESCO Recommendation for the Preservation of the Traditional Culture and Folklore" of 1989, which has been published in the magazine repeatedly.
The contents of this issue of Národopisná revue is complemented by the Report on the international cooperation of the Institute of Folk Culture in Strážnice in 1995, by other news and evaluations of exhibitions, information about seminars, reviews and annotations of publications and music recordings.
Thus all articles of the magazine are focused on various sides of the activity of the Institute. Dušan Holý and Richard Jeřábek discuss the anniversary. Josef Jančář, director of the Institute, names its transformations. Karel Pavlištík evaluates the position of the International Folklore Festival, and Ludmila Horehleďová deals with the preparation of recent programs. Olga Florianová depicts the Museum of the Village of Southeastern Moravia and its use for cultural programs; Jan Miroslav Krist and Karel Pavlištík deal with a broad and remarkable project of video documentation of folk dances from the whole area of the Czech Republic. Vlasta Ondrušová writes about exhibitions and exposition, and Vít Mynář writes about conservation and finishing of the collections. Michal Škopík and Věra Zezulová present their notes on document fund and activities, Anna Matyášová speaks on publishing activities. Alena Schauerová brings into the magazine the first notes on the beginning research called Home Through The Eyes Of Children. Marie Čadílková deals with the care of historic monuments and objects in the inventory of the Institute. Jan Krist comments on the anniversary of the Institute as a witness of its growth. Enclosed it is an overview of the publishing activity of the Institute.
The final part of the magazine is devoted to the answers of internal workers and external co-workers on the question How do you perceive the institute. The issue brings a memorial note on the late researcher PhDr. Josef Tomeš, CSc., who would have been 60 this year. A list of all contemporary employees of the institute finishes the issue.
The first number of "Národopisná revue" magazine in the year 1996 is focused on issues concerning an outstanding ethnographic region of Moravia, the Hanácké Slovácko. As its name reveals, the region lies on the borders of Moravian Slovakia and Haná.
Influences from both sides merge in this region. Richard Jeřábek in his study classifies basic terms as Hanácké Slovácko (the region) and Hanáčťí Slováci (its inhabitants). Martina Pavlicová examines personalities who have influenced the cultural life of the region within this century. Alena Jeřábková deals with drawings of the inhabitants of the region done by the well-known Czech artist Mikoláš Aleš. Jan Trojan in his study discusses songs of Hanáčtí Slováci. Jitka Matuzsková deals with folk tales in the literary work of Marie Damborská. Hana Dvořáková brings a brief profile of Jakub Vrbas, a folklife specialist, plus an example of his work. These articles are completed by a paper by Marta Toncrová on the research of the Viennese Czechs.
The first number of this volume further contains reports from folklife festivals and seminars, evaluation of exhibitions, reviews of publications, some lesser articles, and the list of books and magazines of the international exchange of publications in Ústav lidové kultury in Strážnice in 1995.
As opposed to the Ethnographic revue 2/95 which was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the International Festival of Folklore, and to the Ethnographic revue 3/95 recollecting the Ethnographic Fair in Prague 1895, the newest fourth copy of the "Ethnographic Revue" magazine issued in 1995 pays attention to "regional" themes which are maybe not so unique compared with the previous ones. But there are building stones for science.
Professor Jiří Vysloužil is dealing with the participation of Alois Hába, musicilogist and composer, in the Study Association called Velká carrying out the sociological ethnographic research in the town of Velká on the Velička river and its surroundings during the thirtieth, and also with results have been reached.
Dr. llona Vojancová is writing about development of customs in the Hlinsko region at her essay. She has paid her attention also to the development of interest in folk manners and customs in this area for last 100 years.
Dr. Martina Pavlicová has written a portrait of Marie Ježková from Dolní Němčí, the contemporary bearer of folk dance. She tried to record also such factors which can help to explain principles of dance development and, at the same time, to uncover slightly the psychology of the dancer and her world.
The photographic supplement is dedicated to the Jubilee 50th Run of the International Festival of Folklore in Strážnice. The photographs have been made by Josef Holek, evaluation of the Festival has been written by senior lecturer Lubomír Tyllner.
