Ritual Gestures as Texts of Collective Memory. The Example of Drowning Marzanna and Ritual Practices of Destruction Cover Image

Gesty rytualne jako teksty pamięci zbiorowej. Przykład topienia marzanny i obrzędowych praktyk niszczących
Ritual Gestures as Texts of Collective Memory. The Example of Drowning Marzanna and Ritual Practices of Destruction

Author(s): Katarzyna Kraczoń
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze
Keywords: ritual gesture; collective memory; ritual; cultural text

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to present ritual gestures as texts of collective memory. The first part refers to definitions and scientific approaches to collective memory understood as the image of the past contained in the text and the practice of remembering. The following section presents the definition of a ritual gesture and its distinguishing features. Then, using the example of a spring destructive gesture of drowning Marzanna, a syntactic, semantic and pragmatic analysis of the ritual gesture as a text of collective memory was carried out.

  • Issue Year: 70/2026
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 23-35
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish
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