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You walk into any used book store in Hungary, there will be a Folklore/Ethnography section. Every time I travel abroad I check bookshops to see if they have one. I am realizing that Hungarians are spoiled in this regard 😄

#folklore #books #bookstodon
#books #bookstodon #folklore
Martin Rundkvist
Nationalism...
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
yeah it does have its roots in history. Folklore collection started in the early 1800s, around the time of the war of independence from the Habsburgs.
Interestingly though new book stores don't usually have one.
Charnock
Is it a reflection on cultures with especially turbulent social histories to have deep interests in preserving their folklore?
Martin Rundkvist
In Scandinavia such interest correlates with how often you've been occupied by the Germans. Swedes don't give a damn about their folklore.
Charnock
Maybe that explains Ireland too, though a different occupier
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
yeah, whenever a culture is under occupation, folklore becomes a way to preserve language, beliefs, and identity.
Martin Rundkvist
And half a century later as well.
Charnock
The ethnography and social geography of Ireland has certainly launched a lot of Fullbright scholar PhDs...
Grayson
we make a point to get an idea of what the populace values during our travels, and one way to do it (that we've found) is visiting a bookstore wherever we go.
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
I love visiting bookstores, even in countries where I don't speak the language :) And buying folktale collections I can read.
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