civil organisations in the hungarian folk culture (gergely palla)

Civil organisations in the Hungarian

folk culture

Róbert Kedves, Katalin Beszprémy and

Gergely Palla

The Living Tradition Foundation,

Hungary

Outline

Historical overview

The civil organisations today

The Living Tradition Foundation

The discovery of folk art

The systematic collection, recording and

categorisation of Hungarian folk art started at the

beginning of the 20th century...

The discovery of folk art

The discovery of folk art

The different branches

of folk art:

•Handicrafts,

The discovery of folk art

The different branches

of folk art:

•Handicrafts,

•Performing arts:

folk music,

folk dance

Folk art in the socialism

Overwhelming centralised control

Centralised financial support

The emergence of civil organizations

The softening of the system made the foundation

of civil organisations possible in the last decade of

the socialist regime.

Moderate central control

Central financial and infrastructural

support

Civil organisations today

No official central controll.

Very limited central financial or infrastructural

support.

Problems occur mainly with the financial

background:

lacking sponsorship,

program financing is dominant,

(influenced by politics).

Civil organisations today

The National Civil Fund

The Alliance of the Folk

Art Associations

The Feast of Handicrafts

Civil organisations today

”Heritige” Children Folk

Art Association

Muharay Elemér Folk Art

Alliance

The Living Tradition Foundation

Established in 2008 for collecting, documenting

and popularising the traditional folk arts of the

Carpathian Basin.

Programs organised by the LTF:

Fashion shows: tradition and fashion

Folk art camp (folk dance, folk music,

handicrafts)

The Living Tradition Foundation

The Living Tradition Foundation

The Living Tradition Foundation

Thank you for your attention!

The Living Tradition Foundation

(Élő Hagyomány Alapítvány)(

1011 Budapest, Corvin tér 8.

HUNGARY

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