Recenzja książki: Świat naszych przodków. Tradycje letniego cyklu obrzędowego
Book review: The world of our ancestors. Traditions of the summer ritual cycle

Summary/Abstract: The text is a review of the fourth volume of the publishing series The world of our ancestors, subtitled: Traditions of the summer ritual cycle, developed by young researchers gathered in the Culture Researchers’ Circle at the Municipal Culture Centre in Czechowice-Dziedzice under the direction of its founder and supervisor – Dr. Agnieszka Przybyła-Dumin, a folklorist and cultural anthropologist with considerable scientific achievements. The book was developed based on field research carried out in 2017–2019 with 116 people aged 11 to 95 living in Bronów, Ligota, Zabrzeg and Czechowice-Dziedzice. Their purpose was to archive remembered and cultivated customs, rituals, magical beliefs and practices, as well as the transferred narratives. The volume in question is a collection of several articles, including two volumes prepared by the editor of the volume: introducing the theoretical issues Regional idea – regional education – Regional Culture Archive and the second one being an editorial commentary to the entire publication and the project. The remaining texts were written by young people well prepared in terms of content and methodology. They have been devoted to the consecutive annual holidays of the summer ritual cycle and developed according to a set pattern – holiday history or life of a saint, results of field research in the municipality of Czechowice-Dziedzice, examples from other times and regions. The collection is supplemented by: narrator index, research questionnaire, tables and bibliography, as well as short notes presenting the authors of the articles and other members of the Culture Researchers’ Circle. The work of the whole team is located in the cultural trend called regionalism and has been highly rated as valuable in the context of strengthening the intergenerational message transfer, preservation of intangible cultural heritage and as a source text for further research on the regional culture.

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