Čeněk Zíbrt (1864–1932) was a

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ethnographer and

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, specializing in

folk culture Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. This includes oral traditions such as tales, myths, legends, proverbs, poems, jokes, and other oral traditions. This also includes mat ...

. He corresponded for a long time with Emilie Fryšová when she was assembling ethnographic artifacts for her museum in

Písek Písek (; ) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 31,000 inhabitants. The town is known for the oldest bridge in the country. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument z ...

. On his advice, she donated the most valuable parts of her collections to the

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Publications

*"Jak se kdy v Čechách tancovalo: dějiny tance v Čechách, na Moravě, ve Slezsku a na Slovensku z věkǔ nejstarších až do nové doby se zvláštním Zřetelem k dějinám tance vǔbe
(Google eBook)

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20th-century Czech historians Czech ethnographers 1864 births 1932 deaths 19th-century Czech historians Historians from Austria-Hungary {{CzechRepublic-historian-stub