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about our Folklife Traditions website
a Directory; and an Archive of FT articles in FQ/FW

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' FT ' : Folklife Traditions pages in our Folklife West - formerly Folklife Quarterly -  include articles and news,
                                this includes about 
 Seasonal Local Celebrations - page-header: Up-Helly-Aa, Lerwick, Shetland, Last Tue in Jan © Doc Rowe
        The FT header artwork above:  © our logo, Chris Beaumont ;  and morris dancers © Annie Jones; from The Roots Of Welsh Border Morris (Dave Jones)

A summary of our
FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS website:   www.folklife-traditions.uk

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FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS, a new website.
As our Folklife-Directory website has grown ....
 .... we set up (Nov 2017) a separate
     Folklife Traditions website,  www.folklife-traditions.uk

Our Folklife Traditions Directory listings, and an Archive - Index of Articles

Our Folklife Traditions Directory listings:
     • Folklife Studies & Institutions
     • Folklife Societies
     • Seasonal Local Celebrations

a comprehensive 
​Archive - Index of Articles listings for our Folklife Traditions pages in the Folklife West magazine

Our Folklife Traditions Directory listings:

For 'Folklife Traditions' listings, Lists 7 to 9, open to all, you do not have to be a Member for these FT entries. ​
These listings are in our new (Nov 2017)  Folklife Traditions Directory.
For more information, see Folklife-Traditions website,
www.folklife-traditions.uk
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 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 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 quarter, with photos and notes.

Additional information for Wales on www.bywyd-gwerin.cymru, our Wales Folklife online Directory,
​including articles on Seasonal Celebrations

a comprehensive Archive - Index of Articles listings
for our Folklife Traditions pages in the Folklife West magazine

our FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS - FT - Archive - Index of Articles with a link to each article on the e-mag site (which has every issue of the FT pages) 

Folklife Traditions pages in FOLKLIFE WEST (formerly FOLKLIFE QUARTERLY)
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  • We seek to raise awareness of relevant Societies, Institutions, Researchers, Publications
  • We welcome your learned articles for interested readers, but note we’re not a peer-reviewed journal.  See index for each issue on the new website, folklife-traditions.uk
CONTRIBUTIONS WELCOME for FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS pages of FW     
  • For appropriate articles; contact us first, please see the new website. 
  • Substantial articles (over 600 words) - check first if timely, as might be held over; shorter articles/news of 1/2 page or less (up to 600 words), we can usually fit in if recieved by deadline.
We welcome:
  • Information about relevant Societies & Institutions & Researchers 
  • Relevant books announced or reviewed (exceptionally CDs eg traditional singers)  -  word limits, per publication: 200 words, more if advert, or at editor’s discretion
  • Songs & tunes collected 
  • Seasonal Local Celebrations, based on Doc Rowe’s listings, additions welcome
  • Conferences & Talks 
Contact details, ad rates, etc - see Info page on this site.
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The FT index, by issue
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FT- index. Folklife Traditions pages in FW.

Our aims include stimulating a wider interest in folk studies & folk culture: our FT pages 
  • FT pages are part of Folklife West (formerly Folklife Quarterly)
  • FW print magazine's FT pages are also copied online in e-reader format
  • FT is indexed by author or subject   • Articles (inc songs) • Publications' news (books & CDs) • Seasonal Local Celebrations • Societies & Institutions 
  • Each item has an issue number eg FT41.   
  • Or • if you plan to view all issues … each issue will have a picture-link to click, and index of that issue’s contents below.
  • They can also be accessed from FT's e-magazine site  http://issuu.com/traditions-uk


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  • Folklife West
  • Updates
  • Virtual-Folk
    • FutureOfFolk
  • Festivals & Workshops Diary
  • [ Cymru / Wales site ]
  • England: South West region
  • Glos-Oxon
  • West Midlands region
  • Herefs-Worcs
  • Other UK
  • International
  • [ Folklife Traditions site ]
  • [ Folklife Directory site ]
  • Info
    • Sizes
    • Team
  • Data
  • ( Homend Poets )