TRADITIONAL CULTURE OF KHMER PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH OF VIET NAM (THE PERSPECTIVE FROM ASPECT OF KHMER PAGODA)

The writing presented about results of traditional cultural study of Khmer people. It was viewed from aspect of the pagoda. Content of the study described in details about architecture and sculpture of Khmer pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City as a valuable material cultural heritage that should be preserved and stored. The research’s content also presented about role of Khmer pagoda as a center for community education, social activities, and spiritual life at Khmer people’s community in Ho Chi Minh City generally and in the South of Vietnam particularly.

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Folk Toys and Games for Children: Cultural Heritage of Vietnam

International Journal of Social Sciences and Management ◽

10.3126/ijssm.v4i4.18473 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 223-231

Author(s):

Vu Hong Nhi

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Traditional Culture ◽

Community Cohesion ◽

The People ◽

Personal Skills ◽

Aesthetic Values

Folk toys and games are elements of folklore, created by the people, which contain tangible and intangible cultures of profound value from various communities, regions, or countries. In this article the author analyzes the importance of the role of folk toys for children in educating them about their traditional culture, creative and aesthetic values, and promoting personal skills as well as community cohesion. Folk toys also contribute to the economy of many trade villages, thereby contributing to social and economic development.Int. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. Vol. 4, Issue-4: 223-231

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SYRIAN ATTITUDE TOWARD THE PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SYRIAN DIALECT AND CULTURE IN JERASH, JORDAN

International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling ◽

10.35631/ijepc.537007 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (37) ◽

pp. 82-95

Author(s):

Engku Suhaimi Engku Atek ◽

Zulazhan Ab. Halim ◽

Hisham Hussain Al Samadi

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Social Activities ◽

Cultural Maintenance ◽

Local Dialect ◽

Norms And Values ◽

Socio Demographic Factors ◽

The Relationship ◽

The City ◽

Contingency Approach

The study of dialectical variation and cultural maintenance may help in protecting and promoting norms and values in a given community. The inconsistent background of Syrian from Jordanian culture enables a contingency approach for the influence of dialectical variances in cultural activities. The paper aims at examining the role of dialectical variation towards strengthening the relationship between Syrian-Jordanian communities in Jerash city. The paper examines the elements that determine dialect choice in the vicinity. The study investigates dialect and cultural maintenance among Syrian-Jordanian to allow comparison of the potential influences of several parameters on their use on different dialects. The study used the data collected from various participants through interviews and questionnaires to arrive at the findings of the study. Both local and foreign dialects receive significant recognition and functions such as social domains, social activities, social gatherings, religious practices, cultural heritage, to mention a few, in the city. The findings show that dialect maintenance is strictly secure by Syrians in all aspects, except in exceptional cases like feasts, condolences, weddings, buying and selling where they opt for local dialect other than Syrian dialect. It has been observed that socio-demographic factors impact the flow of Syrian dialect and cultural maintenance in Jerash city. The findings discovered that gender contributed to dialect choice and shifting. What appears to be achieved and documented through the current study is that Syrian males are mostly lean to the usage of Jordanian dialect than the Syrian females because the latter hardly utilize Jordanian dialect even while the necessity arose to a large extent. The regular shift of dialect from Syrian to Jordanian or vice versa which equally constitutes the factors responsible for dialect shift is heavily supported by friendship, marriage, religion, relatives, migrations, and good rapport between Syrians and Jordanians.

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Folk Games in Southern Khmer Culture in Vietnam

The Journal of Social Sciences Research ◽

10.32861/jssr.73.108.115 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 108-115

Author(s):

Pham Tiet Khanh

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Group ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Leisure Time ◽

Daily Life ◽

Spiritual Life ◽

Rice Farming ◽

The South ◽

Multiple Generations ◽

National Solidarity

Folk games have long been viewed as a vivid picture reflecting people’s materials and spiritual life accumulated through multiple generations. Folk game, whether it serves as an entertainment activity in idle seasons, leisure time, or just jollity for children; is aimed at the solidarity and unity of the communities, villages, and the entire national solidarity. Folk games were once a page of precious memories imprinted on the homeland and villages, which nurtured people with good lifestyles and souls. Nevertheless, these days, the role of folk games is no longer blooming as before. The preferences and ways of entertainment of all classes of people, especially the youth, witness more or less changes. For the Khmer residing in the South of Vietnam, an ethnic group associated with the rice farming tradition, folk games in particular and folklore, in general, are of prime importance. This article presents the origin, gameplay and recognizes the cultural values of folk games in daily life and festivals of the Khmer people in the South to contribute to popularizing and preserving the beauty of Khmer culture in today’s society.

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Masquerade Games in the Pernik Region of Bulgaria: Preserving and Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage

Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies ◽

10.7592/ybbs4.09 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. 223-244

Author(s):

Milena Lyubenova ◽

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Traditional Culture ◽

Cultural Practice ◽

Future Generations ◽

Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽

Cultural Institutions ◽

Joint Work ◽

The Past ◽

New Phenomena

The focus of this text is the masquerade tradition in central-west Bulgaria and activities related to its safeguarding and promotion. The essence of the survakar games in the Pernik Region is described, as well as its significance in traditional culture and its contemporary manifestations. The games with masks in the region are performed on the Surva feast day (14 January; also St. Basil’s Day according to the Julian calendar). The text notes the importance of the custom in the local community’s traditional culture. The main characters in the survakar groups, which are typical of both the past and the present, are presented, as are some new phenomena related to the feast. The tendencies in the context of the dynamics and events of the twentieth century are outlined, thanks to which the masquerade tradition has maintained its vitality until the present day. Some processes that have threatened the vitality of these masquerade games in the past are considered. Various local activities related to the safeguarding of the tradition are presented. The role of the community is important for the transmission of cultural practice to future generations, as is the role of local cultural institutions and organizations in preserving the tradition. Some ways of popularizing the local heritage and the joint work of the main actors engaged in safeguarding the region’s intangible cultural heritage today are emphasized.

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Contribuția lui Petre Ștefănucă la dezvoltarea folcloristicii românești din Basarabia interbelică

Limba, literatura, folclor ◽

10.52505/llf.2021.1.08 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 77-84

Author(s):

Victor Pletosu ◽

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

20Th Century ◽

Interwar Period ◽

Traditional Culture ◽

Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽

Special Role ◽

Prestigious Journal ◽

Cultural Life

In this article, the author explains the special role of the ethnologist Petre V. Ştefănucă in creating national folkloric archive. Petre V. Ştefănucă is an illustrious personality of the cultural life in Bessarabia from the first half of the 20th century, who asserted himself through his program to substantiate a historiography of the traditional culture in Romanian. Preservation and promotion of intangible cultural heritage has its roots in the interwar period, by the prodigious activity of Romanian Social Institute in Basarabia, led by Professor Petre Ştefănucă - disciple of Romanian Sociological School of Academician Dimitrie Gusti, who organized monographic research in ethnographic areas: Valea Nistrului de Jos, Câmpia Sorocii, Zona Codrilor and valuable materials published in prestigious journal ,,Anuarul Arhivei de Folclor”.

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Professor Petre V. Ștefănucă - notorious personality of romanian folklore from interwar Bessarabia

10.52603/9789975333788.03 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Victor Pletosu ◽

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Interwar Period ◽

Traditional Culture ◽

Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽

Special Role ◽

Prestigious Journal ◽

Cultural Life ◽

Romanian Folklore

In this article, the author explains the special role of the ethnologist Petre V. Ștefănucă in creating national folkloric archive. Petre V. Ștefănucă is an illustrious personality of the cultural life in Bessarabia from the first half of the XX century, who asserted himself through his program to substantiate a historiography of the traditional culture in Romanian. Preservation and promotion of the intangible cultural heritage has its roots in the interwar period, by the prodigious activity of the Romanian Social Institute in Basarabia, led by Professor Petre Ștefănucă – disciple of Romanian Sociological School of Academician Dimitrie Gusti, who organized monographic research in ethnographic areas: Valea Nistrului de Jos, Câmpia Sorocii, Zona Codrilor and valuable materials published in the prestigious journal “Anuarul Arhivei de Folclor”.

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Ivan Ozhienko about the role of religion in Ukrainian national life

Ukrainian Religious Studies ◽

10.32420/2001.19.1163 ◽

2001 ◽

pp. 54-61

Author(s):

K. Nedzelsky

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Identity ◽

Spiritual Life ◽

Human Soul ◽

National Unity ◽

Terrestrial Life ◽

Dedicated Service ◽

National Life ◽

Role Of Religion ◽

Spiritual Unity

Ivan Ogienko (1882-1972), also known as Metropolitan Hilarion, devoted much attention to the role and place of religion in the national life of Ukrainians and their ethnic identity in their scholarly and theological works. Without exaggeration it can be argued that the problem of national unity of the Ukrainian people is one of the key principles of all historiosophical considerations of the famous scholar and theologian. If the purpose of the spiritual life of a Ukrainian, according to his views, is to serve God, then the purpose of state or terrestrial life is the dedicated service to his people. The purpose of heaven and the purpose of the earthly paths, intersecting in the life of a certain group of people through the lives of its individual representatives, give rise to a unique alliance of spiritual unity, the name of which is "people" or "nation." Religion (faith) in the process of transforming the anarchist crowd into a spiritually integrated and orderly national integrity serves as the transformer of the imperfect nature of the human soul into perfect.

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