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Show SWEDEN TRYING TO REVIVE FOLK DANCES STOCKHOLM. Jum- 3 Swcd. n school children of the proxince of Bkaane will this suninioj- learn the charming folk jjames and dances in which their vrreat-gr i ndsln B and mothers delighted generations ago. At the Mine time the youngsters will keep uii their useful Swc-dlsh gy mnant !:, without which no educationcil venture Ir. this country Is complete. Arrangements have been made for li summer camp on the t-Ntato of Bos-joekioster Bos-joekioster in Ewaane, southern Hwcd-an, Hwcd-an, for l.ooo children and teachers to be conducted sotiif what en the same principle as an American ro reatlon.i) J camp for boys and girls. Emphasis. however, will be laid on perpetuating the folk grtmes and dan There has of late years been a definite def-inite and cuiiHcious movement abroad' in this country t revive Interest in : the old national folk game- and dances ivhlch for plcturesquenes- and whole-lomcncss whole-lomcncss are regarded as far supcrloi .c modern society dances. nr |