Músicos y Malvinas. La cultura de guerra en la Argentina by Esteban Buch, Camila Juárez

“…But even if it is the only musical event that lingers in the collective memory, it was one among dozens of concerts to benefit the Fondo Patriótico Malvinas Argentinas. Also Folklorists, classical musicians, “tangueros”, singers of boleros or cumbia groups, illustrious figures and second-line artists, gathered in institutions like the Teatro Colón or in ephemeral groups, organized concerts that the mass media generously covered to show the people’s support for the military adventure. …”
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Apocalyptic Motifs on Century-Old Ukrainian Rushnyks Through Today’s Digital Folklore Communication by Tetiana M. Brovarets

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Juba juubilar juubeldab: "Viru regi" Eesti Vabariigi 90. sünnipäevaks by Kanni Labi

“…In 2007, Estonians were asked to write a song, “Viru regi”, in the style of the old Estonian folksong regilaul as a gift for the 90th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia. 6,500 verses from nearly 650 authors were received, formed into a 373-verse greetingsong by a group of folklorists. This paper analyzes the verse structure, poetic devices and language of the verses people sent to “Viru regi”, comparing them to old folksongs and folksong-imitating epos Kalevipoeg (1853–1862). …”
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Voices of the other: authenticity and consciousness of language in an East Indonesian song tradition by Timo Kaartinen

“…This conclusion suggests the need to rethink the assumption, prevalent in current folkloristics and ethnography of speaking, that the meaning and authenticity of tradition are situational constructs. …”

Folklore Archive and Historical Reality (Based on the Archive Materials of the Institute of Language, Literature and History, Karelian Research Centre RAS) by Valentina P. Kuznetsova, Elena V. Markovskaya

“…In the second half of the 20th century ideological pressure in the folkloristic studies continued, as superstitions and prejudices were sought to be eradicated, and the collection of folklore reflecting folk religious beliefs was not welcomed.…”
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Life Cycle Rites in Worldview System of Buryat People (Material from Archive of S. P. Baldaev) by I. G. Aktamov, Z. A. Debenova

“…The significance of this study lies in the necessity of conducting a scientific analysis of folklore and ethnographic materials collected by one of the first folklorists in ethnic Buryatia, S. P. Baldaev. The analysis was carried out on texts recorded in the Transbaikal and Pre-Baikal regions, which relate to the rituals of the Buryat life cycle, including wedding rituals, childbirth rituals, and initiation rituals. …”
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Similarities and Differences between the Yakut Olonkho and the Buryat Uliger: Plot Composition and Motives by A. F. Koryakina

“…A brief review of the study of the problem in the works of domestic folklorists, who developed the theory of the comparative study of the peoples of the world epics; Yakut epic scholars, who considered in their works the historical and typological connections of the Yakut olonkho with the epics of the Sayan-Altai, Mongol-Buryat peoples; Buryat scientists who turn in their research to the processes of historical and cultural mutual influences of the epic heritage of the Yakuts and Mongol-Buryats. …”
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Sharing humour digitally in family communication by Anastasiya Fiadotava

“…This paper offers a folkloristic perspective on the features and dynamics of sharing humorous content digitally within a family in the context of daily communication. …”
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COVID-19 ja udmurdi pärimuskultuur by Nikolai Anisimov, Galina Glukhova

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Magic-ritual functions of the musical culture of the Altai people by T. M. Sadalova

“…The scientific study of this unique artifact, as it seems to us, will help to expand our understanding of its existence in the past, to understand the main substantive components of the “Scythian harp” in order to preserve them during reconstruction and revive the ancient musical instrument for the modern generation of musicians and listeners.The study of the national musical instrument, the Pazyryk harp, as one of the most valuable sources of the historical and cultural heritage of the Altai people is very relevant and is of scientific interest to Russian and foreign experts, folklorists, archaeologists, culturologists and modern musicians.…”
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Mesilased eesti usundilises folklooris by Mare Kõiva

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“Pigeons Fly off a Stone Mountain”: From a Cooing Lovebird to a War Pigeon, or Modification of Embroidered Rock Dove’s Symbolics in Today’s Ukrainian Merch by Tetiana Brovarets

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Loomade ja inimeste suhteid tähistavad loitsud – adresseerimine, eufemismid, düsfemismid by Mare Kõiva

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Folk Religion in Transformation: A Religious Studies Perspective Based on Examples from Romania by Alina Patru

“…The paper lies on a theoretical grounding stemming mainly from the Scandinavian school of comparative religion and folkloristics and applies these theories to examples from Romania. …”
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Pagans, Nazis, Gaels, and the Algiz Rune by Adam Dahmer

“…Although Beltaners – members of Edinburgh’s Beltane Fire Society (BFS) – can trace the immediate origins of their society’s festivals to the collaborative efforts of anarchist performance artists and folklorists reacting against the Thatcherite government policies of the late 1980s, the ritual celebrations they routinely re-enact in the present ultimately derive from much older traditions associated with Scotland’s highly minoritised Gaelic-speaking population, a cohort to which few modern Beltaners belong. …”
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“Zoopoetic Dwelling”: The Ecology of the Connectedness of Animal and Human Homes and Dwelling Through Folklore and Literary Representations by Marjetka Golež Kaučič

“…We will present three viewpoint models that consider animals, their dwelling and physical dwellings on the basis of folkloristic, anthropological, philosophical, eco-critical, and critical-animalistic findings. …”
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Oedipus In Folktale Tradition by Hessa Said Zaid Al-Refai

“…Some consider the story of Oedipus as myth, while others look at it as legend. It is only Folklorists who would know that there are oral tales cognate to the Oedipus legend. …”
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How to Know whether a Dog is Dangerous: Myth, Superstition and its Influence on the Human-dog Relationship by Tanja Kovačič

“…Despite all this, mythological, symbolic and folkloristic traditions often depict dogs in a negative light and as a dangerous and threatening force from the underworld. …”
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Konštruovanie tradícií prostredníctvom činnosti folklórnych súborov by Michaela Mušinková

“…Using detailed analysis, the study is looking for analogical and differential elements between the individual weddings in one locality while paying attention to the change of wedding in time (comparison of current weddings from the recordings with traditional Ruthenian wedding described in literature by folklorists) and comparing this ceremony in both localities. …”
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Duginast Krimmini. Vene intelligentsi reageeringud sotsiaalmeedias sündmustele septembrist 2022 märtsini 2023 by Sergey Troitskiy

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