FOLKLORE ACTIVITY

Kar je danes folklorna dejavnost, je bilo še pred stoletjem način življenja. Ljudje so živeli v sožitju z naravo, običaji, prazniki, pesmijo in plesom. Danes temu ni več tako. Vse več je dela in vse manj časa, da bi si s pesmijo in plesom zapolnili dušo. Ravno zaradi tega se je začela razvijati folklorna dejavnost, ki združuje ravno te stvari. Prosti čas, veselje do petja, plesa, zanimanje za pretekli način življenja in nenazadnje tudi zabavo. Zadnja desetletja se je folklorna dejavnost močno razširila, tako pri otrocih kot tudi pri odraslih. Nastale so številne otroške in odrasle folklorne skupine. Problem pa nastaja pri starejših otroških in mladinskih skupinah, kajti otroci so v tem obdobju občutljivi na kostume, ki jih morajo nositi za nastope in na harmoniko. Velikokrat se zaradi tega zgodi, da prekinejo svojo folklorno pot in se nikoli več ne vrnejo. Ravno zaradi tega morajo mentorji tej starostni skupini folklornikov nuditi še več pozornosti. Pripraviti jih morajo do tega, da se začnejo zavedati, da je folklorna dejavnost lepa stvar, popotnica, ki jim bo ostala za vedno. Namen diplomske naloge je predstaviti folklorno dejavnost, tako otroško kot tudi odraslo, ter raziskati folklorno dejavnost v Artičah, kjer ima le-ta že dolgo tradicijo. Odrasla folklorna skupina deluje že preko 40 let, otroška okoli 15. Letos na osnovni šoli delujeta dve skupini, v vaškem društvu KUD Oton Župančič Artiče pa mladinska in odrasla folklorna skupina. Za vsakega mentorja je eden izmed največjih izzivov postaviti kvalitetno in zanimivo postavitev ter se z njo predstaviti na območni, medobmočni in državni reviji. V letošnjem letu sem skupaj z mentorico gospo Vesno Bogovič postavila postavitev »Zaspani smo«. Postavitev je podrobno opisana tudi v diplomski nalogi. »Zaspani smo« je kvalitetna postavitev, saj se je otroška folklorna skupina KUD Oton Župančič Artiče z njo prebila do državne revije. Od ideje do realizacije le te na odru pa je ogromno dela, ki ga gledalci v dvorani ne vidijo in si ga marsikdo ne more niti predstavljati. Pa vendar, če delaš tisto, kar delaš s srcem, potem ni nič pretežko. Na območni reviji sem intervjuvala tudi gledalko, plesalko, mentorico in ocenjevalko. Če strnemo odgovore v neko celoto, so bili vsi, tako gledalka, plesalka kot tudi mentorica in ocenjevalka s postavitvijo in nastopom zadovoljni. Veliko stvari, ki bi jih popravljali ni, je pa nekaj takšnih, ki se jih zavedajo tako plesalci kot tudi mentorica, vendar so odvisni od posameznikove razpoloženosti, treme. Revija je potekala brez nepredvidljivih dogodkov, pohvaljena pa je bila celotna organizacija le-te. Vidi se, da je v našem delu Slovenije, v brežiški občini, folklorna dejavnost del ljudi, del zavesti. Upam se trditi, da bo tako ostalo.What is folkore today was a way of life a century ago. People used to live in harmony with nature, customs, holidays, singing and dancing. Today this cannot be the case anymore. People work too much but do not have enough time to fill their souls with singing and dancing. That is why folklore was developed in order to combine these two activities. Free time, joy to sing, dance, interest in the past way of life and fun as well. Folklore activity has spread a lot in the last decade and become popular with children and adults. Many children and adult folklore groups have begun. But the problem appears in junior and teenage groups because children at this age are sensitive to the costumes they have to wear when performing and to the accordion which accompanies these dances. This can be the reason why they give up and never come back. A role of a folklore mentor is of great importance here because he must pay more attention to children this age. His role is to prepare them to see folklore as something beautiful, something that can be their path for the rest of their lives. The purpose of my diploma thesis is to present folklore activity in Artiče, among children and adults, as well as the tradition it has had for a long time in this village. The adult group has been active for more than 40 years, whereas the children group has been performing for around 15 years. This year there are two children groups active at Artiče primary school, whereas in KUD Oton Župančič there are two more groups: senior one and an adult group. A challenge each mentor has is how to prepare a qualitative and interesting folklore setting and present it at various performances such as regional, interregional and national ones. Together with the mentor Vesna Bogovič I have prepared the setting called »We are sleepy«. The thesis presents it in details. It has been a very successful one because the children group took part in the national competition. Audience do not see the whole process on the stage because it takes a lot of time and work from the very beginning till the end of the whole performance on the stage. But if you do it with heart, everything is easy. At the regional competition I had some interviews with the woman from the audience, with one dancer, the mentor and the valuer. To make a conclusion I can say that all of them were pleased with the performance. Not many things should be corrected but there are some things all the dancers and the mentor are aware of but they depend on individual\u27s mood, stage fright. The whole performance was well-organized and worthy of praise. It is obvious that in Brežice region folklore activity is part of our lives. I am almost sure it will remain as an important element of people\u27s lives in the future as well