This construction set contains firstly the common language and common customs - the way we dress ourselves, what we eat, around which symbols we gather. And finally there is also a national ideology, the spanner forcing the parts together into one totality. All this doesn't pose any problem for me and you. When we meet a foreigner we say 'Hi, I'm Swedish'. At the Swedish residents' registration offices they are regarded as Turks or Iranians or stateless people though they identify themselves as Assyrians.
Music holds a special position.
It is something easy to gather around. Dancing creates social community. Song texts express common dreams. However, music also marks boundaries, Dan Lundberg says. Instead of describing who one is, one talks about who one is not.