Four Glances at the Feast of the Assumption: The Holiday through Space and Time
| Autor: | Žilvytis Bernardas Šaknys |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Cultural Studies
History Vilnius. Vilniaus kraštas (Vilnius region) Ethnic group holiday lcsh:GR1-950 Ėmimo į dangų žventė Kaunas. Kauno kraštas (Kaunas region) Žolinė Holiday lcsh:Folklore Sekuliarumas Lietuva (Lithuania) Feast of the Assumption values Ritual year Žolinės Sociocultural evolution Demography secularity Liaudies kultūra / Folk culture Ritualiniai metai Religiosity Punskas Religious studies Švenčių ratas Gender studies Values Lithuanian Religious holiday feast of the assumption religiosity ritual year Secularity Excuse language.human_language Work (electrical) Šventės. Atmintinos dienos / Festivals. Holy days Anthropology Nedarbas / Unemployment Political Science and International Relations language |
| Zdroj: | Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic studies [YBBS]. 2020, 3, p. 35-50. Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies, Vol 3, Pp 35-50 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2613-7852 2613-7844 |
| DOI: | 10.7592/ybbs3.02 |
| Popis: | In my article, I attempt to track the ritual year in different social and cultural settings. The Feast of the Assumption was chosen for this research as a traditional religious holiday in Lithuania. Various chronological periods and localities of the feast are under investigation: celebrations in the 19th to the first half of the 20th centuries; the Assumption as a Lithuanian national holiday in 1929 in Kaunas; the Feast as a Lithuanian holiday specifically celebrated in Punsk (North Poland) since 1967; and finally, as a non-working day in Vilnius and Vilnius environments since 2000. The comparison of these versions, forms, and meanings of the Assumption leads to the conclusion that even a religious holiday can embody different values in different sociocultural surroundings, ranging from religious, national, and ethnic significance, to simply an excuse for a day off from work. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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