ДА СЕ ЖИВЕЕ ВО ХАРМОНИЈА СО ПРИРОДАТА – НОВИ ЕКОЛОШКИ ГЛЕДИШТА СО АКЦЕНТ НА НЕКОИ ОД ПРОЛЕТНИТЕ ОБРЕДИ И ОБРЕДНИ ПЕСНИ ОКОЛУ ЃУРЃОВДЕН
TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE – NEW ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE SPRING RITUALS AND THEIR SONGS AROUND ST. GEORGE’S DAY

Summary/Abstract: In the past decades humanity has become aware of the negative impact of the lifestyle in the so–called Western progressive society on the natural environment, and thus on the health and life of people, because the destruction of our planet would certainly lead to our self–destruction. Starting with the new movements that appeared in the nineteen–seventies, the importance of our relationship to the natural environment and its biological diversity, as well as maintaining the relationship with them, were strongly highlighted. It was also pointed out to the necessity of a new education by which people would correct their destructive ways of acting in their environment by awakening our collective consciousness and acting according to the realization that we are part of the world around us and not its conquerors and rulers. Although we live in different times in which some of the traditional rituals and ritual songs have almost completely disappeared, they still can give us a good example and point to a completely different and recently forgotten perspective – to live in harmony with nature. In addition, folklore traditions can also serve as a good example for the preservation of the natural environment. Their ecological significance has been observed and studied by a large number of researchers around the world. Macedonian folklore traditions can also provide new ecological viewpoints of the past decades. This can be noticed in the beliefs about the holiness of certain parts of nature (trees, plants, rivers, lakes etc.) which were also protected by the people, as well as in the maintaining of the connection with nature in the rituals and their songs around St. George’s Day. Of course, it would be impossible to completely return to these traditions, but they exist in our collective consciousness and can remind us to set a good example to renew and maintain contact with nature and to act and positively influence the preservation of nature and our planet.

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