Етнографска истраживања међу Србима у Десци
Ethnographic research among Serbs in Deska

Author(s): Borivoj Rus, Pera Lastić
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: Deska (Deszk); Serbs; ethnographic research; Deščanske sveske; History and ethnography of Deska (Deszk története és néprajza)
Summary/Abstract: The review of ethnographic research among Serbs in Deska, which is based on the rich personal experience of Borivoj Rus, one of the authors, contains a brief historical overview of the past of the village of Deska and the Serbian community in it in the introduction. In this work, the main attention is paid to how the folklore tradition (folk songs, folk music, folk dances) of the Serbian community in Deska was collected and presented on stage in the period 1970–1990. The basic work was carried out within the framework of the “Banat” association (Christopher Brcan), and the most significant contributions are the contributions of researchers Dr. László Felfeldi (Musicological Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) and Igor Grín (Munkáci County Museum in Békéscsaba). In addition to collecting ethnographic material from the field of oral folklore, attention was also paid to collecting handicrafts, primarily textiles and costumes that are presented in the Serbian native collection. The material collected and stored in the museum depots in Békéscsaba and Szeged awaits further processing and presentation. The press release also presents the work on the protection of the old Serbian cemetery in Deska, which was carried out in 2011–2012. thanks to European Union funds. Research into the local Serbian vernacular (Pavle Ivić, Predrag Stepanović, Sofija Rakić-Milo- radović) is also mentioned. At the end of the article, we find a list of all the Deščani volumes published so far, in which the results of research into the ethnography of Serbs in Deska are published. In addition, articles on this topic published in the edition "Pčesa" from Novi Sad and the edition "Ethnography of Serbs in Hungary" from Budapest are also listed. Studies concerning Serbs from the extremely important and high-quality monograph of the village "History and Ethnography of Deske" published in 1984 are also listed.

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