Black and white magic as cultural heritage: ideas about Vlach magic among young people in Bor Cover Image

Црна и бела магија као културно наслеђе: представе младих у Бору о влашкој магији
Black and white magic as cultural heritage: ideas about Vlach magic among young people in Bor

Author(s): Lidija Radulović
Subject(s): Anthropology, Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Београду
Keywords: Vlach magic; cultural heritage; traditional culture; folk religion; the Vlachs of North-eastern Serbia

Summary/Abstract: Serbian ethnology and anthropology is missing papers on folk belief and magic practices on black and white magic. This paper problematizes research on Vlach magic as an authentic and archaic culture of the ethnic Vlachs in North-Eastern Serbia. The first part of the paper deals with theoretical concepts of magic, while the second presents the results of research on the relationship between young people in Bor towards Vlach magic, as part of traditional folk religion and archaic cultural heritage which is still relevant today.

  • Issue Year: 12/2017
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 1153-1176
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Serbian