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FOLIA ETHNOGRAPHICA 39/2005
Abstract
Alena Kalinová
The Anabaptists, who started to settle on our territory after 1526, brought here
the production of china. Their seats were concentrated in the desmenes of South Moravia
(current districts Břeclav, Hodonín and Uherské Hradiště), but after 1622 the Anabaptists as
non Catholics had to leave. They went mostly to the neighbouring West-Slovakian region where
they went on producing china. The Anabaptist community having fallen apart in the last quarter
of the 17th century, the production of china was taken over by individual craftsmen looking for
better working conditions on the Moravian territory. They settled in Moravian villages Ždánice,
Nové Hvězdlice, Vyškov and Bučovice and their goods following the Anabaptists' tradition present
the features of the new environment (new decorative elements, influence of the customers on the
look of the goods, formal differences between Moravian and Slovak production etc.). The material
conserved in the Ethnographic Institute of the Moravian Museum that has been enriched with many
important items in the last decades, allows to deepen the knowledge of the oldest Moravian china.
Key words: Ceramics - china - Moravia - 17th-18th centuries
Abstract
Alena Křížová
The terminology of jewellery has been elaborated neither in art history nor in ethnology.
The terms of jewel and decoration have frequently been interchanged. An object treated in a goldsmith's
way is considered as a jewel, whereas embellishments and decoration are objects from natural materials.
As the boundary between these terms is vague, it is better to use the general term jewel.
Key words: Jewel - embellishment - decoration - artificial jewellery - painting - tattoo - scarring - body deformation
Abstract
Eva Večerková
The spring walk-about with the death figure (Morena, Mařena) belongs to old traditional customs
in the Czech Lands. In Moravia it is alive in some villages until now. The appearance of the figure
varied through the time (a simple puppet - straw thatch in white clothe or in local costume,
a bride-like figure, a figure in child clothes). The author describes regional varieries of the
death figure and the superstitions and conceptions connected with it, its role in the ceremonies,
the development of the custom and the motivation of the participants and organizers.
Key words: Spring walk-about of the children with the death figure - appearance of the figure - meanings - development of the artefact - course of the event - 19th and 20th centuries - Moravia
Abstract
Blanka Petráková
In the Middle ages, single girls of all social classes used to go out bare-headed, on the uncovered
head they wore a headband in form of a ribbon or a crown of artificial flowers and decorations. In the
following centuries, this fashion became a tradition in Moravian folk culture as a part of festive or
ceremonial coiffure of single girls. The article deals with the evolution of the girl's hair-do and the
bride's ribboning in the region of Luhačovické Zálesí and in Zlín and is based on items from the
collections of the Museum of South-East Moravia in Zlín.
Key words: Ribboning - scarf - headband - crown
Abstract
Karel Altman
On of the attributes of the "habitués" is the posession of a special glass, goblet or another
beer vessel that the regular guest uses in his pub. The habitué's beer glass, different from other
beer vessels used in the pub, belongs to proofs of a privileged status of the habitué in the beerhouse.
Key words: Bier - beerhouses in the Czech Lands - habitués
Abstract
Jarmila Pechová
The article deals with smith's work and concentrates especially on waggon sheathing. It describes
the collection of wagon sheathings kept in the Ethnographic Institute of the Moravian Museum and
analyses in detail the works of the smith Hynek Trunda from Protivanov represented in the collection
by twelve items. The autor describes them and gives details from the career of their producer.
Key words: Black-smith's trade - waggon - shaft - collar - smith ornament - face motive - Protivanov - Hynek Trunda
Abstract
Dana Nováková
The region of Jihlava and Třešť is one of the important regions of the production of Nativity
scenes in the Czech Republic. The Museum of the Highlands in Jihlava keeps original mock-up figures
and Nativity scenes from the late 18th century, paper figures from the early 19th century made in
Třešť and wooden figures made by several local carvers. Works of contemporary carvers are represented as well.
Key words: Nativity scenes - museum collection - Jihlava
Abstract
Ludmila Tarcalová
In 2003 and 2004, the wake festivities were observed in 52 communities of the region of Uherské Hradiště.
Besides other ceremonial phenomena connected with the wake we concentrated on the ceremonial artefact
called "the Right of the Wake" in its large and smaller version. The article presents the results of our study.
Key words: Right of the wake - main wake artefacts - 20th century and present days - Uherské Hradiště region
Abstract
Mária Felberová
One of the research priorities of the Spiš Museum in Levoča is the study of wedding customs in the
multicultural environment of the central Spiš region. The study concentrates on three communities
of Orthodox (Greek-Catholic) rite, i.e. Nižné Repaše, Torysky and Olšavica situated in the Levoča
Hills, adjacent to Roman-Catholic communities. Since the second half of the 20th century, the originally
homogenous culture of the above mentioned villages has gradually been changing. The traditionalism of the
villages of the Orthodox rite is still obvious in several original nuptial habits that have been changing
or disappearing quicklier in villages of the Roman-Catholic rite. This trend can be observed on the example
of traditional attributes of the wedding ceremonies.
Key words: Wedding ceremony - attributes of the wedding-guests - multicultural environment - Spiš - Slovakia
Abstract
Jitka Matuszková
The autor describes a ceremonial and festive coiffure - the braiding in tresses, which is typical for
the ethnographic region of Podluží. Based on iconographic materials she compares local and chronological
differences of the coiffure, mentions the circumstances of brading and the women able to do it. She also
deals with modern substitutes of this coiffure - the wigs.
Key words: Podluží - ceremonial and festive coiffure - briding method - modern substitutes