In 1993 she received the Texas Czech Heritage Award for her contributions to the preservation and promotion of the Czech heritage in the state. Svatia participated in several international congresses on linguistics and folklore. Her articles have appeared in a varied number of professional publications. She was also an indefatigable trekker on the lecture trail, a guest speaker at many universities. One of her most memorable lectures was a brilliant structural analysis of the ceremonial at a Bosnian Muslim wedding that she had researched in her graduate student days at Charles University.
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