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Costuming of Folk-dance Groups: Demonstrating Identity under the Pretence of Historical Witness

Bojan Knific ; Fund for Cultural Activities, Ljubljana, Slovenia


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Abstract

The central topic of this discussion is the analysis of clothing or dressing up of Slovenian folk-dance groups which is closely connected to affiliated costuming (with this term I refer to the wearing of costumes with which the wearers express affiliation to certain representative groups). This phenomenon can be followed from the first occurences of dance folklorism in the middle of the 19th century up until today. It is linked to the development of ethnology, namely with the researchers who explored the clothing culture. Their findings had a major impact on the way the clothing heritage and folkloric costumes were perceived. Up until the doctoral dissertation which serves as a basis of this discussion there has not been a thorough research on how folkdance groups dress up.

Keywords

folk-dance groups; folkloristic costumes; national costumes; clothing culture; identity; Slovenia

Hrčak ID:

44178

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/44178

Publication date:

9.12.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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