Popularization of the Cultural and Linguistic
Heritage of the Polish-Czech Borderland on the
Example of the International Lendian Dialect
Contest „Moravian Stories of a Farmer’s Wife” Cover Image

Popularyzacja dziedzictwa kulturowo-językowego pogranicza polsko-czeskiego na przykładzie Międzynarodowego Konkursu Gwary Laskiej „Morawske rzadzyni selske hospodyni”
Popularization of the Cultural and Linguistic Heritage of the Polish-Czech Borderland on the Example of the International Lendian Dialect Contest „Moravian Stories of a Farmer’s Wife”

Author(s): Marcela Szymańska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Education, Cultural history, Theoretical Linguistics, Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory
Published by: Wydawnictwo Muzeum „Górnośląski Park Etnograficzny w Chorzowie”
Keywords: regional education; cultural and linguistic heritage; Polish-Czech borderland; Moravians, Lendian dialects

Summary/Abstract: The article presents an example of good practice in the field of regional education, which is the organization of the cyclical International Lendian Dialect Contest called „Moravian stories of a farmer’s wife” (Moravian dialect: „Morawske rzadzyni selske hospodyni”) in the Primary School in Krzanowice (continuously since 2007).The overriding goal of this initiative is to popularize the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Polish-Czech borderland, a specific and unique region due to the cross-influence of four cultures and state and political changes that have taken place over the centuries. The contest fulfills an educational, social and cultural function. In adult recipients, it shapes and strengthens ties with the environment, creates a sense of regional community and stimulates social activity. Whereas, in the young generation, itarouses interest in the problems of history, sensitizes them to the richness and specificity of the Moravian heritage, and in the wider perspective enables shaping and developing the need for attachment to the homeland and respect for the legacy of ancestors.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 145-161
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish