Descriptive text data on folk music and dance traditions from the Olivenza region, likely documenting cultural practices. The dataset was coordinated by Álvarez Pérez, Xosé Afonso and harvested into the e-cienciaDatos Dataverse platform. It was last updated on May 5, 2024.
Use Cases
- Analyze types of folk dances and their cultural context based on the description of dance types.
- Study musical instruments and performance styles based on the mention of musicians and instruments.
- Examine song lyrics and singing styles, such as the 'Portuguese style' mentioned.
- Investigate social functions of dance, like facilitating courtship and marriage, as described.
- Compare local festival traditions across different villages in Olivenza.
Strengths
- Description provides specific cultural concepts like 'Portuguese style' singing and mixed marriages.
- Data has a clear geographic focus on the villages of the Olivenza region.
- Metadata includes a named coordinator and a recent update timestamp (2024-05-05).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Harvested from a Dataverse repository; original collection method is not specified.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2024-05 05 07:35:26; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Olivenza region, likely involving Spanish and Portuguese cultural elements.