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Cirkusové pověry
Cirkus Folk Beliefs

Author(s): Pavel Vaculík
Subject(s): Oral history, Culture and social structure
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: circus; beliefs; artists; clowns; oral history; interviews;

Summary/Abstract: This article is focused on circus arts. It is result of long time research between these people, theircustoms and traditional rituals. Culture of circus is full of different usual rules, which they transmitfrom generation to generation. In the circus world they tell a lot of stories about behavior in circus.Author started collecting these stories from a lot of interviews many years ago. It is first article ofthis type in Czechia and Slovakia.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 175-177
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: Czech
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