Way of Life in the Lausitz 1987

Sorbian interests and customs in the Lausitz, the German-Sorbian relationship.
Topics:
Participation in village or home celebrations;
expected program offering at these festivals;
going to the movies or theater in the last year;
preferred place for culture events;
knowledge of Sorbian customs;
nationality of closest neighbors, circle of friends and work collective;
common work of Germans and Sorbians;
preferred national composition of work collective;
support of Sorbian culture by the state;
nationality in the Upper and Lower Lausitz;
Sorbian representatives in district assembly and municipality;
native language;
place of learning German and Sorbian;
ability to speak Upper and Lower Sorbian;
stand on use of the Sorbian language in conversations and in meetings;
language in parental home, in one's family and in work collective;
language between Sorbian neighbors;
significance of Sorbian for communication with Poles, Czechs, Slovaks etc.;
bilingual signs;
learning Sorbian in school;
typical Sorbian customs;
occupation with Sorbian national art;
participation in Sorbian events and reasons for this;
participation in maintaining traditional customs;
wearing the Sorbian national costume and occasions for this;
earlier wearing of the Sorbian national costume;
making Sorbian national costumes;
inclusion of Sorbian culture in cultural work at work or in the municipality;
reading German language and Sorbian newspapers and magazines;
interest in articles of Sorbian newspapers;
number of books read in the last year in German and Sorbian;
possession of Sorbian children's books;
criteria for choice of books;
satisfaction with book selection;
satisfaction with German book selection about the Sorbes;
knowledge of Sorbian personalities in history;
possession of sorbian calendar;
manner of obtaining books in Sorbian;
preferred literature genres;
desired topics for Sorbian literature;
receiving Sorbian radio broadcasts and opinion on this;
desired program of this broadcast;
television selection on Sorbian culture;
satisfaction with record selection;
attending shows of Sorbian artists in the last two years;
desire for more shows;
possible purchase of works of Sorbian artists;
place in which childhood was spent;
length of residence;
activity of parents;
activity at start of working life;
work or training place;
membership in social organizations;
honorary function;
desire that children or grandchildren would learn the Sorbian culture;
nationality of parents and partner;
personal nationality;
solidarity with Sorbes;
stand on marriage with a German or Sorbe;
differences between Germans and Sorbes;
preferred leisure activities; occupation with a hobby and reasons for this;
artistic activity in a team.