Liszka József (szerk.): Az Etnológiai Központ Évkönyve 1999 - Acta Ethnologica Danubiana 1. (Dunaszerdahely-Komárom, 2000)

Tanulmányok - Botík, Ján: A szlovákiai horvátor etnokulturális fejlődése

Further phenomena characterised by the continual existence and preservation of certain specific Croatian features are folk songs connected with some traditional festivals and family ceremonies. These are proved by melodies with an archaic musical structure which do not exist in the repertoire of Slovak songs. Ethnically specific features have also been found within some parts of the traditional male and female clothes of Croatians in Slovakia.

The contemporary period can be characterised by a certain renaissance of the Croatian ethnics in Slovakia. This is manifested in various forms of searching for roots, formulating one,s identity, as well as in reviving the cultural, social and political activities of the adherents of the Croatian community in Slovakia.

(Translation: Adela Böhmerová)

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