CULTURAL HERITAGE TOURISM AND
LOCAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
NEAR THE UNDER REACHES
OF THE DANUBE IN HUNGARY:
DANUBE-BRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL
• The Danube-Bridge Folk Festival goes back
high in the past, the antecedents are forty years
old.
• This Festival introduces authentic folklore and is
composed of mainly open-air events and street
performances; acting on stage is not primary.
• The venues of the Festival are small towns and
villages.
• We consider cosy atmosphere and making
friends more important than attracting big
crowds of people.
• There are no long evening performances for a
performing ensemble but shorter tasks more
times a day take place in a couple of places, so
shorter journeys are necessary.
– DEFILES
– OPEN-AIR FOLK DANCE PERFORMANCES
– FOLK DANCE PARTIES
– FOLK ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIRS
– STREETS OF DELICACIES
– FAMILY AND CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMES
– „STRONG MAN” STRENGTH-RIVALRY
– MIDSUMMER NIGHT FIRE JUMPING
– MEETING OF HUNGARIAN FOLK DANCE GROUPS
– MEETING OF HUNGARIAN FOLK-SONG GROUPS
– PERFORMANCES OF ETHNIC MINORITIES OF
HUNGARY
– EXHIBITIONS
– PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE
– EXCURSIONS
– YOUTH SOCIAL GATHERINGS
DEFILE
DEFILE
DEFILE
OPEN-AIR FOLK DANCE
PERFORMANCE
OPEN-AIR FOLK DANCE
PERFORMANCE
OPEN-AIR FOLK DANCE
PERFORMANCE
FOLK DANCE PARTY
FOLK DANCE PARTY
FOLK ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR
FOLK ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR
FOLK ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR
STREET OF DELICACIES
STREET OF DELICACIES
„STRONG MAN”
STRENGTH-RIVALRY
„STRONG MAN”
STRENGTH-RIVALRY
„STRONG MAN”
STRENGTH-RIVALRY
MIDSUMMER NIGHT
FIRE JUMPING
MIDSUMMER NIGHT
FIRE JUMPING
YOUTH SOCIAL GATHERING
YOUTH SOCIAL GATHERING:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
MEMORIAL TRIBUTE
TO FOLKLORIST JÁNOS FÖLDESI
(born 1911)
MEMORIAL CONFERENCE
TO FOLKLORIST JÁNOS FÖLDESI
(born 1911)
PAYING HOMAGE TO THE „KING”
ON ST. LADISLAUS DAY
PAYING HOMAGE TO THE „KING”
ON ST. LADISLAUS DAY
FAREWELL TO THE DANUBE
WREATH-LAYING
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE
THANKSGIVING IN THE CHURCH
FESTIVALS
IN HUNGARY
STARTING POINT
BREAKOUT POINT: TOURISM
► direct tourism infrastructure,
improvement of the standards
and the ability of receiving
► development coordinated,
parallel with the appeal
STARTING POINT
► the demands of the tourists
are highly influanced
by the cultural appeal
► carrying out the increase
of the cultural appeal is
a development of human resources in one go
METHODS OF THE REALIZATION
NUMEROUS SETTLEMENTS:
• BIG EVENTS, FESTIVALS
• THESE PROGRAMMES
DO NOT NECESSARILY REALIZE
A COMPLEX DEVELOPMENT
• MEASURING QUANTITY
(WELL-ATTENDED EVENTS)
TURNED TO BE TRENDY
DANUBE-BRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL:
• DISCOVERING THE VALUES
WITH THE VISITORS
• VOLUNTEERING BASED
ON THE LOCAL
COMMUNITIES, INSTEAD
OF THE PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZING FUNCTIONS
OUR FESTIVAL
The goal of the festival-project:
• developing the international relations of the
villages through introducing the authentic
village folklore
• stabilizing the coordinating role of the towns
located in the area of the villages
• raising the importance of preserving the
traditions in the villages in the framework of
cultural tourism
• showing cultural diversity (values of the
ethnics and minorities), emphasizing to hand
it down to the next generation
Target groups of the festival:
• directly the folklore participants and the contributors
(approximately 120 foreign people and 600 people
from Tolna county)
• indirectly as organizers and interactive audience
• foreign ensemble attendants and experts
• civil communities of the organizer villages and towns
(additional 500-1000 people in each venue)
• first, young people and families
• second, independently of age or interests
Venues of the programmes
Including the community locations with special appeal:
• mainly the centres of the villages and towns
(public areas)
• the castle yard with its historic atmosphere in
Dunaföldvár
• the vine-cellar village in Bölcske (in Györköny
and Sióagárd in the previous years)
• the river bank of the Danube, or the river bank
of the backwater of the Danube in various
villages
Foreign countries involved in the project (and
in its antecedents) between 2007-2011
• applying the broad definition of Danube basin and
the catchment area including its neighbour regions,
3-4 countries a year: Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia,
Serbia, Croatia, Italy, Germany, Slovakia, Ukraine,
Poland and Lithuania.
• occasionally a country out of the above region as a
spectacular (Turkey, Martinique, Land of Basque)
Local contributors who are regularly
involved in the project
•
•
•
•
folk dance ensembles preserving the customs and traditions
including their folk musicians
folk song choirs
folk artists and craftsmen who take part in fairs providing a
show
• puppet groups, children groups to make the programme more
colourful
• civil organizations and volunteers of the co-organizer
settlements
• colleagues of the institute for general education of the coorganizer settlements
In summary the development areas
• preparing the voluntary contributors in advance ➙ lifelong
learning
• improving the appeals and the ability of receiving ➙ cultural
tourism
• collaboration of the settlements in the area ➙ joining
voluntarily + networking
• involving foreigners ➙ international relations
• introducing foreign cultures ➙ interculturalism + cultural,
religious tolerance
• providing interactive participation ➙ community
development + improving the local identity
• authentic folklore as a core point ➙ preservation of customs
and tradition + joint protection of spiritual values
• emphasizing the role of the Danube and of the connected
areas ➙ environmental awareness + nature conservation
• appearance and structure of the festival ➙ appearance of the
settlement
The Danube
• as a river
➙ connection
lengthways
• with its bridges
➙ connection
crossways
The Danube-Bridge
Folk Festival
is a bond of people,
cultures and religions
in the European area
and piece
Thank you for your attention!
Lídia Istlstekker
Judit Czink
festival manager
foreign affairs officer
festival manager
leader of the institute
CULTURAL INSTITUTE
OF TOLNA COUNTY, HUNGARY
H-7100 Szekszárd,
Szent István Square 11-13.
e-mail: kulti@tmamk.hu
DANUBE-BRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL
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