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Children’s Folklore Dance as a Tradition Preserver

Summary/Abstract: The folklore dance, which is one of the sections of the folklore society, has in many ways a positive effect on children. The participation in the folklore dance arouses in children the interest in, the understanding of and the respect for the popular art creativity; at the same time they develop the sense and need to preserve the folk heritage. Within this paper a research was carried out whose aim it was to find out how many third grade students of two elementary schools in Županja, the Republic of Croatia, participate in the extracurricular activity folklore dance and how folklore dance rehearsals are organized for the students of the lower school age in the folklore societies of the town of Županja. The data were gathered during March and May 2013 by means of a systematic observation of the folklore dance rehearsals and by polling the third grade students of primary schools. The results have shown that out of a total number of third grade students in Županja (N = 94) a relatively small number, only 11 (12%), participate in the work of the two folklore societies, i.e. 10 students participate in the folklore and 1 student in the tamburitza section. A large number of students (61 students or/65%) are not familiar with the existence and activity of folklore societies, so one should work some more on the animation and information of students about the activity of these societies and the possibility of joining the folklore sections.

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