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​Folklife Traditions
a separate website,  with
​Directory,  &  Archive,  of   FT articles  in  FW
www.folklife-traditions.uk

! Not-published page below! as outdated - so if google has led you here - ignore it!
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​Folklife Members' online DIRECTORY   ​©  2019 Folklife

FW, Folklife West,  formerly  FQ, Folklife Quarterly    •     FW is printed 3 times a year (4-monthly) from Jan 2019
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' FT ' : Folklife Traditions pages in our Folklife West magazine 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)
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[ about our

      Folklife-Traditions Directory ]

FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS.

As this website grew and grew ……​……. we set up a new (Nov 2017)
Folklife Traditions website, www.folklife-traditions.uk

This now contains our Folklife Traditions Directory listings
formerly on this site, under the headings
  • Folklife Studies & Institutions
  • Folklife Societies
  • Seasonal Local Celebrations 
-- and --
a comprehensive ARCHIVE - Index of Articles listings for our Folklife Traditions pages in the Folklife West magazine.
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Illustrated on right: The FT index, by issue
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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 4-month period, with photos and notes.

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

our FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS - FT - Archive - Index of Articles 
with a link to each article on the e-mag sites

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​Folklife Traditions pages in FW, FOLKLIFE WEST

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, www.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 received 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 webpage on this site.

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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, homepage www.folklife.uk
  • ​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.

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  • FW (Folklife West) posted to you, and 
  • your news/publicity in FW, (each news item: up to 200 words, more if advertising), 
  • all copied to www.folklife.uk, our main site, with FW pages online
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