Viltis
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Viltis is a magazine of folklore
and folk dance
. It was created by Vytautas Beliajus
in the 1940s and was one of the first magazines devoted to folk customs and arts. It is illustrated and printed in English. "Viltis" means "hope" in the Lithuanian language
. Viltis scope is international, and a typical issues covers several different regions. Issues include recipes, dance descriptions, book reviews, research articles, performance reviews, travel tips, costuming advice, and other topics.
Viltis began as a mimeographed armed services
newsletter, published as such from 1942 to 1944. In September 1944 it became a printed publication. Beliajus edited the magazine until his death in 1994, when its publication was assumed by the International Institute of Wisconsin.
Viltis is available on microfilm at Xerox's University Microfilms in Ann Arbor, Michigan
. An Index to Viltis 1944-1994 is also available.
Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...
and folk dance
Folk dance
The term folk dance describes dances that share some or all of the following attributes:*They are dances performed at social functions by people with little or no professional training, often to traditional music or music based on traditional music....
. It was created by Vytautas Beliajus
Vytautas Beliajus
Vytautas Finadar Beliajus is considered the father of international folk dancing in the United States. He specialized in Lithuanian dance, but performed and taught many other types of dance as well...
in the 1940s and was one of the first magazines devoted to folk customs and arts. It is illustrated and printed in English. "Viltis" means "hope" in the Lithuanian language
Lithuanian language
Lithuanian is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognized as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.96 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 170,000 abroad. Lithuanian is a Baltic language, closely related to Latvian, although they...
. Viltis scope is international, and a typical issues covers several different regions. Issues include recipes, dance descriptions, book reviews, research articles, performance reviews, travel tips, costuming advice, and other topics.
Viltis began as a mimeographed armed services
Armed forces
The armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external aggressors. In some countries paramilitary...
newsletter, published as such from 1942 to 1944. In September 1944 it became a printed publication. Beliajus edited the magazine until his death in 1994, when its publication was assumed by the International Institute of Wisconsin.
Viltis is available on microfilm at Xerox's University Microfilms in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census places the population at 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 344,791 as of 2010...
. An Index to Viltis 1944-1994 is also available.