“Unto our kin and posterity” – the festival of spiritual and material creativity of Dinaric Serbs, who colonized Vojvodina, as a rite of passage Cover Image

„Нашем роду и потомству“ – фестивал духовног и материјалног стваралаштва динарских Срба колонизованих у Војводини као rite de passage
“Unto our kin and posterity” – the festival of spiritual and material creativity of Dinaric Serbs, who colonized Vojvodina, as a rite of passage

Author(s): Vesna Karin
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Semiology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Sociology of Culture
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Београду
Keywords: Festival; rite of passage; Dinaric Serbs in Vojvodina; the practice of dancing; identity; semiotic model;

Summary/Abstract: The research will focus on the “Unto our kin and posterity” Festival, which is the leading scenic presentation of Dinaric Serbs in Vojvodina. The festival enables a reinterpretation of the local-regional identities of Dinaric Serbs, and a public display and affirmation of their subcultural identity. The methodology used to approach the issue of importance and emphasis placed on the Festival as a singularly important event which features the infallible element of dance, is van Gennep’s concept of “rite of passage”, in its broader sense.

  • Issue Year: 9/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 127-143
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Serbian