Užgavėnės: a rural and urban, religious, socialist, and Lithuanian festival of shrovetide
| Autor: | Žilvytis Bernardas Šaknys |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Folklore (Tartu) 2015, Iss. 60, p. 105-128. |
| ISSN: | 1406-0949 1406-0957 |
| Popis: | The article uses the case of Užgavėnės (Shrovetide) to reveal how the content of a festival can shift over time. It discusses how festival associated with agricultural calendar can acquire a religious character and become a youth, urban, socialist, national, and ethnic festival, can be used not only for recreational purposes but also ideological ones in the fight against religiousness and an attempt to create a socialist festival, and, at the same time, to nurture Lithuanian culture. The newly created image of Užgavėnės as a rite of passage – a festival marking a turn of season – has determined its recent fate and even given it greater significance. It has also spread in Lithuanian communities abroad, forming a temporary deterritorialised Lithuanian ethnic cultural space, allowing them to feel ‘back at home’ in each other’s company, and to maintain their ethnic identity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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