Rewiwalizm kultury i folkloryzm - Widowiska obrzędowe w czasach współczesnych
Revivalism of Culture and Folklorism. Ritual Spectacles in Contemporary Times

Summary/Abstract: A growing interest in tradition and memory, as well as a strong need for “taking root” in the environment, are nowadays manifested, among other things, in the flourishing of various spectacles which grow out of the old folk tradition and which explore it in many different ways. Such spectacles have been and still are the domain of amateur theatres operating in the rural environment, outside the mainstream theatrical life, which accounts for little interest exhibited by researchers, theatrologists and ethnographers alike. To change such an attitude it is necessary to undertake thorough field research in order to describe the phenomenon of amateur ritual theatres and their condition in contemporary times in the context which is most appropriate for them, such as folklorism, postfolklorism or revivalism. Therefore, the reflections contained in the article have become an introduction to this type of research and they aim at exploring the possibility of using the concept of cultural transfer in such research. It seems interesting to trace the paths of transmission of traditional folk culture content, that is folklore, which took place and continues through a number of ritual theatres, in the network of conditions which they are subjected to, still operating in the ever-changing cultural reality hugely affected by the media. It is also highly interesting to offer a preliminary diagnosis of the goals set by the initiators and authors of this transfer.

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