Folklore Studies and Presentations of Folk Song Traditions of Slovenian-Friulan Border Area

Abstract

ethniCity and border areas throughout its history, europe has been divided into numerous political, state, and ecclesiastical units, which have represented a more or less significant line of demarcation between us and the other. The basis of any repertoire in contact with two distinct groups lies in a single, universal criterion: identifying those differences between Us and Them, for which the actors believe that they are of such a nature and so great that, because of them, They as a group will never able to become like Us and Ours. (šumi 2000: 33) the borders can be of various types: political, linguistic, historical, geographical, ecclesiastical , religious, and so on. only rarely do these various types of boundaries coincide, and so it is necessary to investigate where they agree and differ in order to determine their influence and significance (cf. perusini 1973: 79). Folklore studies can make a significant contribution to identifying these shared characteristics that would otherwise remain hidden (cf. perusini 1959: 157). From the 19 th century onwards, scholarly attention especially focused on the boundaries between ethnic groups because ethnicity had become the chief differentiating quality. The construction of ethnicity is based on "a perceived repertoire of cultural differences that Folklore studies and presentations oF Folk song traditions oF slovenian-Friulan border area marjeta pisk The paper examines the influence of folklore studies on creating the presentations of the folk song traditions of Slo-venian-Friulian border area. Comparative analysis of the collected and published folk songs of this area is extremely difficult because Slovenian and Italian folklore studies have primarily operated as legitimizers of national particularism and searched distinctive features on which to base an independent ethnic identity. keywords: folklore studies, nationalism, Slovenian-Friu-lian border area. Članek obravnava vplive folkloristike na oblikovanje predstavitev ljudskega pesemskega izročila slovensko-furlan-skega obmejnega področja. Primerjalna analiza zbranih in objavljenih ljudskih pesmi s tega področja je zelo težavna, ker sta slovenska in italijanska folkloristika prvenstveno delovali kot legitimatorki nacionalnega partikularizma in sta se osredinjali na razločevalne elemente, ki bi utemeljevali neodvisno etnično identiteto. ključne besede: folkloristika, nacionalizem, slovensko-furlansko obmejno področje.