Affiliation:
1. Institute of Ethnography, Eötvös Loránd University ; Institute of Ethnology, Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network , Hungary , Budapest , Múzeum krt. 6-8 .
Abstract
Abstract
In this case study* I offer an insight into the activity of an association for local traditions in a Hungarian village. In addition, I provide some general analytical frames for the examination of such tradition-based locality projects. The field of the observation is Kóny, a village in north-west Hungary. Its peasant traditions – especially the famous male dance, Kóny verbunk – were re-contextualised from time to time in the 20th century. The latest, recent, wave of re-construction concentrates on the systematic (re-)valorisation of locality by highlighting its former peasant traditions and the vernacularisation of the concept of heritage. While the organising work means a new, shared everyday practice for the association’s members, performing the traditions in the public space offers the villagers an occasion to reinforce local identity and identify with the locality.
Subject
Anthropology,Cultural Studies
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