Prethodno priopćenje
https://doi.org/10.15176/vol61no19
Davor Christmas Walking Circle Kolo Dance as Part of Collective Identity
Krunoslav Matošević
orcid.org/0000-0001-9328-816X
Sažetak
This aim of this paper is to present the Davor Christmas walking circle kolo dance as a specific cultural practice. It is a centuries-old practice that has played a vital role in the preservation and transmission of the community’s collective identity. It has not yet been described or evaluated in the existing scholarly literature. The introduction briefly explains the concepts of collective identity and cultural memory as the basic theoretical concepts related to the topic of the paper, followed by a brief overview of the history of the settlement of Davor as the space in which the mentioned cultural practice was formed. The main parts of the paper provide an overview of the written traces of the circle dance in Slavonia, with an emphasis on the walking or singing circle dance as a specific subtype, and a detailed description of the Davor Christmas walking circle dance with its particular characteristics. The paper ends with the conclusion that the Davor Christmas walking circle dance contributed to the establishment and preservation of the community’s collective identity.
Ključne riječi
kolo, circle dance, Davor, Slavonia, Christmas walking circle dance, cultural memory, identity
Hrčak ID:
317948
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Datum izdavanja:
17.6.2024.
Posjeta: 602 *