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Four Stories of Imprisonment about the Essence of Ritual Holidays
Author(s): Vilmos TánczosSubject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: ritual holidays; the sacred; sacrifice; oral history; community; power
Summary/Abstract: The author presents through four stories of imprisonment recounted as oral history the general anthropological characteristics of ritual holidays: the conquest of time through ritual holidays, each holiday is centred around an idea, ritual holidays are connected to a sense of community, the holiday expresses a hope for the future, the ritual of the holiday is a sacred event of sacrifice, dictatorship always aspires to control ritual holidays, etc.
Journal: Korunk
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 3-8
- Page Count: 6
- Language: Hungarian