56. Međunarodna smotra folklora Zagreb / 56th Zagreb International Folklore Festival, Između srednje Europe i Mediterana / Between Central Europe and the Mediterranean, 20. – 24. 7. 2022. Zagreb, Hrvatska / Croatia, Tvrtko Zebec (editor), catalogue (original) (raw)

56. Međunarodna smotra folklora Zagreb / 56th Zagreb International Folklore Festival, Između srednje Europe i Mediterana / Between Central Europe and the Mediterranean, 20. – 24. 7. 2022. Zagreb, Hrvatska / Croatia, Tvrtko Zebec (editor), catalogue

2022, 56. Međunarodna smotra folklora Zagreb / 56th Zagreb International Folklore Festival, Između srednje Europe i Mediterana / Between Central Europe and the Mediterranean, 20. – 24. 7. 2022. Zagreb, Hrvatska / Croatia

The main program of the 56th Zagreb International Folklore Festival will take place from July 20 to July 24, 2022. The themed program planned for the previous two years focused on the traditional heritage Between Central Europe and the Mediterranean, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will finally come to be this year. We are therefore expecting more international groups, mostly from Central Europe, as well as from Greece, Portugal, and the US (Utah). In intense contact between Central European hubs and their perimeters ethnographic heritage has developed through folklore arts and cultures of intertwined and migrating peoples and cultures, groups and individuals between Central Europe and the Mediterranean. Many of these similarities are seen in customs, costumes, dances and music. The intention of the program for the 56th International Folklore Festival is to showcase the values of ethnographic and folk arts that have been transferred to us and to the modern life of the European Union, stemming from a common or close historic sources. It will primarily present the Croatian cultural heritage in comparison to examples from neighbouring countries and cultures since similarities and differences can be traced in traditional music, as well as in some elements of church folk music, traditional costumes, customs, rituals, etc. The program of the Festival will present those interrelationships and characteristic examples of folklore legacy confirming the connections between neighbouring cultures, as well as their distinctions. Young men’s dance-off is one of the particularities that reveal interconnections, while also presenting the wealth of diversity through its versions specific to dance traditions of the connected cultures. Groups and ensembles participating in the festival were, of course, chosen by this thematic criterion, since it has always been one of our goals to present the geographical reach of certain elements, often caused by migrations. The program of the Festival will therefore include folklore traditions of Croatian communities that migrated to other countries (Burgenland Croats) or of those living outside Croatia due to historical changes of borders (Croats in Bačka in Serbia and those in the Bay of Kotor in Montenegro). The Festival will also present the traditional heritage of Croats from Bosnia and Herzegovina, where they are one of the three constituent ethnic groups. The program will also include the musical and folklore art of Ukrainians in Croatia, an ethnic minority taking in their compatriots who fled the war-torn country.