SLAV 148: Introduction to Slavic Folklore: Folklore Web sites

Shows costumes from Macedonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Serbia, Hungary, and other miscellaneous costumes from the Stefni Agin collection.

Take a cruise around the detailed and extensive site “Foamy Custard” (Folklore, Mythology, Cultural Studies, and Related Disciplines).

Offers an expansive bibliography on general folklore.

Includes detailed information about Polish folk traditions, including Easter, weddings, songs, dolls, costume, dance, crafts, cutouts, etc.

An online exhibit of Russian folk art. Includes a virtual tour through a Russian village with descriptions.

Provides an overview of many aspects of Russian traditional and folk culture, such as holidays, customs, cuisine, dwellings, storytelling, dolls, costume, etc. From the website of the Russia-InfoCentre.

Images of cultural objects from European Russia, Siberia, Caucasus and the Crimea, and Central Asia and Kazakhstan. Highlights collections of traditional agriculture, crafts and trades, dwellings and family life, costume, and feasts and rituals. Russian version is much richer than the English version. The latter has some navigation problems.

Recordings of tales, songs, and other genres of folk traditions from Central Ukraine.

Seeks to present the folklore and ethnography of Ukraine and Ukrainian-Canadian folklore. Covers ritual, material, spiritual, and verbal culture. Includes many images and videos.