«КОМУНА СТРАЖА ТА ЇЇ МЕШКАНЦІ» ОЧИМА ДІМІТРІЯ ДАНА
«THE STRAJA COMMUNE AND ITS INHABITANS» THROUGH THE EYES DIMITRIY DAN

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the work of the tireless Romanian researcher of history and ethnography of Bukovina, priest, paleographer, monument scholar, publicist, and corresponding member of the Romanian Academy of Sciences Dimitri Dan (1856-1927). The purpose of the study: an analysis of his work «The Guardian and its Inhabitants», what is published in Romanian, and the translation of one unit is dedicated to the ritual calendar of the inhabitants of the Straja village in the late XIX century, which presents scientifi c novelty. The method of analysis and translation of the text became the basis of our research. The study seems relevant in light of the growing interest in the work of D. Dan in recent years. A detailed study of the life and work of the academician, a meticulous analysis of his work «Straja» provides an opportunity to conclude that D. Dan’s monograph covered all aspects of the life and life of the inhabitants of the village of Straja: geography, history, statistics, etymology, ethnography with all the details (ethnical and psychological characteristics, housing, attire, occupation, ritual, beliefs), folklore, etc. For the Ukrainian reading public, the book is of interest because part of the territory of the then Straja community was on the territory of today’s Ukraine. It was written with such scientifi c detail that it became one of the arguments when a member of the correspondent of the Romanian Academy of Sciences received it. The reader is off ered a translation of one fragment of the monograph by D. Dan.

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