Intangible Culture as Tradition: The Cows’ Ball, the Village Serenade and the Country Wedding in Bohinj
Intangible Culture as Tradition: The Cows’ Ball, the Village Serenade and the Country Wedding in Bohinj

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the authenticating strategies employed by the organizers of three Bohinj events which refer to alpine grazing and wedding customs of the area. Since the beginnings of these events in the 1950s, it was largely textual aspects that were taken as contributing substantially to the authenticity of the events, whereas more recently temporal and spatial contexts of tangible and intangible culture, presented at the events, have also been taken into account. Over time the events with a mostly staged mode of performance have evolved into tradition. Nevertheless, their mode and the social aspects of the events are not perceived as intangible culture and are not part of authenticity considerations.

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