If and when published, the updating contributors are meant to be entitled to free copies. In addition to the present publication, the data base will be kept on internet under the care of the Folk Dance Department of the Institute for Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Any deadline represents a temporary status quo. For the field of dance research - this is October 2000. It is our pleasant duty to thank our consultants and correspondents for the unselfish, invaluable help offered in compiling, checking and updating the list of their countries.
Special credit is due to dr.