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  2. European folklore - Wikipedia

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    The result were the related, but regionally distinct, folk traditions as they existed in European society on the eve of the Early Modern period. In modern times, and especially since the 19th century, there has been much cross-pollination between these traditions, often by the detour of American folklore .

  3. Culture of Europe - Wikipedia

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    Folk music: Europe has a wide and diverse range of indigenous music, sharing common features in rural, traveling, or maritime communities. Folk music is embedded in an unwritten, oral tradition, but was increasingly transcribed from the nineteenth century onwards.

  4. Category:Folk culture of Europe - Wikipedia

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    European folk art (3 C, 7 P) Azerbaijani folk culture (3 C, ... Ukrainian folk culture (9 C, 1 P) This page was last edited on 15 May 2024, at 05:49 (UTC). Text ...

  5. List of European folk music traditions - Wikipedia

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    The term folk music can not be easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work. Similarly, the term traditions in this context does not connote any strictly-defined criteria. Music scholars, journalists, audiences, record industry individuals ...

  6. Folklore studies - Wikipedia

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    Folklore studies (also known as folkloristics, tradition studies or folk life studies in the UK) [1] is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, [ note 1 ] gained currency in the 1950s to distinguish the academic study of traditional culture from the folklore artifacts themselves.

  7. List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in Eastern Europe

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    The popularity of the dance grew in the 1970s, as part of a wider renewal of folk traditions. [34] [35] Nativity scene tradition City of Kraków Poland: 2018 13.COM "The Nativity Scene (szopka) tradition in Krakow is a social practice originating from Christmas celebration customs, centred around constructing cribs. Born in the nineteenth ...

  8. European dances - Wikipedia

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    Polish folk dances greatly influenced the whole European music scene, ballrooms, European salons, classical music as well as European folk dances. Later the Polish dance culture spread to other continents, i.e. the US, Canada, South America. Poland's renown 5 National Dances are some of the most popular dances in Europe, these are the Polonaise ...

  9. Folk religion - Wikipedia

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    The first is the religious dimension of folk culture , or the folk-cultural dimensions of religion. The second refers to the study of syncretism between two cultures with different stages of formal expression, such as the melange of African folk beliefs and Roman Catholicism that led to the development of Vodun and Santería , and similar ...