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Manifestation of Slovak folklore culture is the "Východná" Folklore Festival. It is the oldest and largest nationwide festival with international participation, [1] which takes place in Východná annually. Slovakia is usually represented by many groups but mainly by SĽUK (Slovenský ľudový umelecký kolektív—Slovak folk art collective ...
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Slovak folklore (6 P) Food and drink in Slovakia (2 C) H. ... Pages in category "Culture of Slovakia" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total.
Slovak folk hero Juraj Jánošík (first name also Juro or Jurko , Slovak pronunciation: [ˈjuraj ˈjaːnɔʃiːk] ; baptised 25 January 1688, died 17 March 1713) was a Slovak highwayman . Jánošík has been the main character of many Slovak novels, poems, and films.
The manifestation of Slovak folklore culture is the "Východná" Folklore Festival. It is the oldest and largest nationwide festival with international participation, [222] which takes place in Východná annually. Slovakia is usually represented by many groups but mainly by SĽUK (Slovenský ľudový umelecký kolektív—Slovak folk art ...
Pavol Dobšinský (16 March 1828 – 22 October 1885) was a Slovak collector of folklore and writer belonging to the period of Romanticism and the Štúr generation. He is perhaps best known for creating the largest and most complete collection of Slovak folktales, Prostonárodné slovenské povesti (Simple National Slovak Tales), self-published in a series of eight books from 1880 to 1883.
They also organized a number of successful exhibitions of Slovak folk culture and craft works and founded a folklore group Lúčnica. While in the early years Živena was only active in the territory of Slovakia, from the early 1890s Živena started recruiting members among Slovak female emigrants, in particular in the United States. [3]
Slovakia exhibits a very rich folk culture. A part of Slovak customs and social convention are common with those of other nations of the former Habsburg monarchy (the Kingdom of Hungary was in personal union with the Habsburg monarchy from 1867 to 1918).