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​Folklife Traditions
The FT pages from Folklife West;
plus  
​The Folklife Traditions Directory

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FW, Folklife West magazine, includes Folklife Traditions pages.  We set up this FT website which include articles & news.  Page header: Calennig', see foot of page.
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FT ~ Folklife Traditions
including the detailed online Folklife Traditions Directory

An online archive of the articles and other material in the ​Folklife Traditions pages in the Folklife West print magazine

www.folklife-traditions.uk

From Folklife, publishers of FW: the Folklife West magazine

'Folklife' is a non-profit group of volunteers.
    Our aim is to provide information on all aspects of folklife; and to stimulate a wider interest in folk studies & folk culture generally, updating where appropriate, and as resources allow, in different media.
    We seek to raise awareness about, and to promote, folklife studies and relevant Societies, Institutions, Publishers, and Researchers. 
    We have a particular interest in making those who are not members of folklife organisations aware of what’s available.
     
We produce 'FW - Folklife West' magazine, three times a year, mainly covering Wales and England South West & West Midlands, in print & copied online, www.folklife.uk
     
FW includes Folklife Traditions pages, not geographically restricted, with researched articles including specific songs, tunes, and dances; plus News; Diary; Publications.

www.folklife-traditions.uk has a comprehensive archive of all issues, as PDFs to download. 
There is also an author and subject index, 
plus a Folklife Directory: Folklife Societies;  Folklife Studies & Institutions; Seasonal Local Celebrations. 

Contributions welcome; for more details, please see www.folklife-traditions.uk/contact-contribute.html
1.   Researched articles eg about a collected song or tune, word limits: no minimum - we get articles which are anything from just a song and a few lines or up to 500 words;  other articles are typically 1000 to 1500, our maximum is 2500 words. 
​2.  To introduce society, institution, etc, up to 1000 words.  Thereafter, short news items/dates from society, institutions welcome; longer items, please consult editor.

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​£10 pa (£4 for this combo issue 2020 May, Sept, 2021 Jan; £3 2021 May; £3 2020 Sep). 

    For more details, please contact sam@folklife.uk         
Eleanor & Sam Simmons, 16/1/2020

More about Folklife

Our main website, www.folklife.uk, covers folk news etc in FW.

This is a separate guide to the online archive of the articles and other material in the Folklife Traditions pages in the Folklife West print magazine.
Folklife, publishers of Folklife West -- printed, and this copied online.
60-64 A4 printed pages
, always containing Folklife Traditions News & Articles; and,
from our Members, • Folk News • 100s of Directory Listings; Festival Diary; Workshop Diary

✪ PUBLICATION DATES, deadlines for news & articles ✪     ✪ JAN, deadline news 19 Nov, articles 1 Nov
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✪ MAY,
deadline news 19 Mar, articles 1 Mar ✪     ✪ SEPT, deadline ​news 19 Jul, articles 1 Jul ✪

Funded solely by membership, advertising, and the editors.
Your Members' folk news & listings, published 3 times a year - do join us, Membership is only £16 a year !
Contact &​ Contribute webpage  for more details of Folklife Membership and advertising details.
Contact us; Contribute to us

More about Folklife Traditions pages, in FW

FW, the Folklife West magazine, has 3 sections
  1. FT -- Folklife Traditions pages, this website; summary below
  2. Folk News from our Members, Clubs & Venues, Performers, Services, Festival & Workshop Diary - copied to www.folklife.uk
  3. Listings & Diary, from our online Directory - www.folklife-directory.uk
FW includes these FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS pages,
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and we have a large online ARCHIVE

● Articles
● Song, tune, & notes
● Talks & Conferences

● Folklife listings
● Publications announced

● Folklife Institutions: intro., notes, articles, news
● Seasonal Celebrations:
list with photos by Doc Rowe, and other contributions
On this website:  
  • Archive of all FT articles, plus index for all issues.
  • Links to individual FT issues from this site.
  • Earlier online FT facsimiles (A4) were on our FT e-magazine website, https://issuu.com/traditions-uk  but not latest issues.
  • Folklife Traditions Directory: Societies, Folklife Studies. Seasonal
  • See also (on this site) about your contributions to FT
View THIS ISSUE ONLINE for FW's FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS pages ......... link

And we have a detailed online Folklife Traditions Directory on this site:

the 'Folklife Traditions' listings, Lists 7 to 9, (open to all, you do not have to be a Folklife Member for these FT entries)
List 7: Folklife Societies:
Associations, Trusts, Organisations
        • A1-A2, general •  A3-A13, specific
A.1     General: National Societies
A.2    General: Regional and Local Societies
A.3    Cerdd Dant Societies
A.4    Folk Song Societies
A.5    Folk Music Societies
A.6    Folk Dance Societies
A.7    Folk Drama Societies
A.8    Folklore Societies
A.9    Storytelling Societies
A.10  Oral History Societies
A.11   Language & Dialect Societies
A.12  Folk Life Generally - Societies
A.13  Folk Life Specific Groups
• Yahoo web discussion groups are under appropriate [A.] category
LIST 7: Folklife Societies
List 8:
Folklife Studies 
& Institutions

​*** specialist folklife institutions, or general

Fs.1   Researchers and Authors
Fs.2   Lecturers and Speakers
Fs.3   Archives  *** 
Fs.4   Museums  *** 
Fs.5   Libraries  *** ​
Fs.6   Academic Courses & Research
Fs.7   Music Publishers & Recording Companies
Fs.8   Print Book Publishers & Booksellers
Fs.9   Print Journals
Fs.10 Online Resources (websites, & blogs with articles)
List 8: Folklife Studies & Institutions
List 9:
Seasonal 
Local Celebrations 
  • England, mainly from Doc Rowe;
  • Wales, from our Bwywd Gwerin website
  • ​occasionally elsewhere
This covers the full year, online.
Also, in FW, every issue, we print the current 4-month period, with photos and notes.
List 9: Seasonal Local Celebrations

Additional information for Wales on www.bywyd-gwerin.cymru, our Wales Folklife online Directory,
​including articles on Seasonal Celebrations
We also have a detailed online Directory, on folklife-directory.uk, Lists 1-6, from Folklife Members only, are on that website, a summary of what's covered appears on the " [ Folklife's Directory ]' page on this site.
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Exploring Folklore Weekend 2017, at Halsway Manor, Somerset
  • Making Calennig - diolch Pat!
  • The Black Dog, from Devon, brought by Mark Norman
  • Mari Lwyd, from Llantrisant, brought by Pat Smith & Ned Clamp​
​Photos © Sam Simmons

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