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ICELAND: NONVERBAL AND VERBAL TRADITIONS

Icelanders are very strong in their traditions. They always start all conversations

With a handshake and end with a handshake. Good eye contact is also important.

Icelanders are very direct in their speech and expect punctuality every single time.

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References Cited

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_folk_musichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RimurWeb.uvic.ca/~becktrus/assets/presentations/Bjarki_FolkMusic.web/bjarki-folk-music_ol.phpwww.darkcompany.ca/articles/NorseMusicBInstrumentswww.ehow.com/list_5901545_children_s-folkgames.htmlwww.emergingcommunication.comwww.sacredtexts.com/neu/ice/index.htmwww.neurovr.org/emergency/book6/VI_15_Agliati.pdf

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Iceland: Folk Dancing

Icelandic folk music dates back to the 14th century

Chain dances, known as Vilivaki, date back to the 11th century, and are performed at churches and Christmas time

Children of Iceland prefer to play folk games, which go back generations

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Icelandic Musical InstrumentsFrom left to right:• The symfon is the medieval

forerunner of musical instruments and dates from the 13th-17th century.

• The Gigja (Rebec), common Icelandic women’s name of the times, dates back to Medieval poetry

• The Fiolan, originally made with two strings of horse hair, was not made for music but to accompany songs. They are making a comeback since the 19th century

• The Harp was mentioned as far back as the medieval poem Voluspa (Prophecy of the Seeress)

• The langspil is considered Iceland’s National Instrument. Unsure how far back they date, the earliest recorded is around 1783

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Icelandic Lore Eddas and Sagas of Iceland Eddas are Edic poetry from

Nordic Mythology dating from the 1300-1600s.

There are several theories on the origin of the word Edda. Great-grandmother, old Norse poetry, or an Icelandic place named Oddi.

Divided into poetic Edda which are Old Norse poems from Medieval manuscripts and the Prose Edda are referred to the younger Edda, which consists of a prologue and three books.

Sagas are historical legends, often supernatural or mythical elements.

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Icelandic Rimurs

Rimurs are epic poems that are rhymed.

There are hundreds of counting variations to these meters

Consists of two or four lines per stanza that alliterate

Dates back to the 14th century; the earliest collection being 1480-90

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Nonverbal communication patterns

In a study done by Alessia Agliati, antonietta Vescovo, and Luigi Anolli; Icelanders were known more for their ball-hand and pianist gestures, they were more of the arms-back gestures. They laughed less-frequently and seemed to avert their gaze and do a take-turn more frequently. Icelandic conversations were smooth flowing. Icelanders often avert gaze as a way of showing respect and not being impolite or cueing a challenge.