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Central & East European Folklore & Traditions Highlights of KU Libraries’ Collections

Central & East European Folklore & Traditions Highlights of KU Libraries’ Collections. KU AIESEC m eeting on Central and Eastern Europe Spencer Museum of Art December 3, 2009 6-8 p.m . & SJHS Workshop in Geography April 8-9, 2010. Jon Giullian

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Central & East European Folklore & Traditions Highlights of KU Libraries’ Collections

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  1. Central & East European Folklore & Traditions Highlights of KU Libraries’ Collections KU AIESEC meeting on Central and Eastern Europe Spencer Museum of Art December 3, 2009 6-8 p.m. & SJHS Workshop in Geography April 8-9, 2010 Jon Giullian Librarian for Slavic and Eurasian Studies Watson Library 1425 Jayhawk Blvd, Rm 519 Lawrence, KS 66045 giullian@ku.edu

  2. Polish Folktales & Folklore Retold by Michał Malinowski and Anne Pellowski General Introduction to Poland Food, Games, Riddles, Nursery Rhymes Local Legends ◄ Animal Tales Magic Tales (also called Wonder Tales) Chain Chants and Cumulative Tales Humorous Tales◄ Why Tales? Religious Tales Supernatural Creatures Szopka (Crèches)

  3. Polish Folktales & Folklore: Storytellers: JozefBudz, traditional storyteller from Murzasichle in the Tatra Mountains. CecyliaSlapek, CecyliaKorban, & JaninaOleszek Jozef Piton, one of the most popular contemporary-traditional story tellers in the Tatra Mountains Telling traditional stories at the Storyteller Museum during the Festival of Polish Oral Tradition

  4. Polish Folktales & Folklore: Local Legends: “Lech, Čech, & Rus” Poland (Lechia) Solidarity Lech Walęsa Lech plate by Walery Eljsasz-Radzikowski (1841-1905) source:Biblioteka Narodowa

  5. Polish Folktales & Folklore: Humorous Tales “The Five Clever Girls” There are many variants of this type of story in many countries. In most cases it is only one girl. Polish Folktales & Folklore: Games and Seasonal Activities The Green Leaf In spring, after the first leaves have appeared on trees, one must carry a green leaf somewhere on one’s person, or else…

  6. Traditional Slovak Folktales Collected by Pavol Dobšinský Edited and Translated bz David L. Cooper Storytellers Who were the folktale narrators and when did they tell their stories? JozefRusnák-Bronda

  7. Traditional Slovak Folktales Collected by Pavol Dobšinský Edited and Translated bz David L. Cooper Tale Genres Wondertales Novelistic tales Humorous tales Animal tales Legendary tales Demonological stories

  8. Who is Jánošík?

  9. The Legend of Jánošík 1921 1976 1935 View films 2009 1962-63

  10. Hungarian Folk-tales Retold and illustrated by Val Biro “Peter Cheater” (40)

  11. Hungarian Folk-tales Retold and illustrated by Val Biro “Peter Cheater” (40)

  12. Hungarian Folk-tales Retold and illustrated by Val Biro “Peter Cheater” (40)

  13. Hungarian Folk-tales Retold and illustrated by Val Biro “Almafi and the Golden Cockerel” (108)

  14. The Folklore of World Holidays: Czech Republic Czech Christmas Traditions Boiled carp, kolače, and more Christmas Eve meal Catching the Christmas carp Keeping the Christmas carp alive in the tub.

  15. Polish Customs, Traditions & Folklore: December Polish Christmas Traditions Wigilia (Christmas Eve)

  16. Polish Customs, Traditions & Folklore: December Polish Christmas Traditions Chodzeniepokolędzie(Christmas caroling). The oldest form of Christmas caroling in Poland was caroling with the turoń, named after the wild ox or tur. Traditional costumes of Kolęda, during which people dress up and to from house to house after Christmas, in BukowinaTatrzanska.

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