Поглед отблизо върху възникването и развитието на „индианските“ групи в Европа
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.60053/TER.2018.2.24-49Keywords:
Native Americans, reenactment, Indianist, Euro-Indians, hobby, play, participant observation, experimental archeologyAbstract
The so-called "Indian" organizations in Europe are an interesting aspect of the phenomenon historical reenactment. Almost without exception, they show characteristics typical of the other groups for cultural and historical reconstructions, but demonstrate some unique features, too. Although they originated in North America and later spread even to some Asian countries, the "Indian" organizations are most numerous in Europe. This paper is indeed a "close view" since the author is not only interested in the
emergence and development of "Indianism" in Europe, but has personally participated in a number of events of "Indian" groups in Bulgaria and abroad, being one of the founders of such an organization in his country. The numerous and complex reasons for the specific interest of the Europeans in the history and traditional cultures of the Native Americans, which led to the emergence and functioning of the studied “Indian” groups are considered. One can get acquainted with the stories of some of the oldest European groups, the similarities and differences between them, the relationships within and between the organizations, the motivation to join such an organization, the ways of interpretation in the activities of "Indian" groups, the search of cultural-historical authenticity as a connection with experimental archeology, the attitude of the public outside the group to its members and their activities, the opinion of the Native Americans themselves about these “Euro-Indians”, etc.
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