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KARNAVALI I BOZOVCËS Sprovë për të depërtuar në hermeneutikën e tij
BOZOVICA CARNIVAL (Flyer to penetrate on its hermeneutics)

Author(s): Izaim Murtezani
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore
Published by: Instituti Albanologjik i Prishtinës
Keywords: BOZOVICA CARNIVAL ; Flyer penetrate hermeneutics ; Carnival

Summary/Abstract: Bozovica Carniva,has managed to survive time in a ritual quality associated with holidays calendar, namely those that mark the transition to a new period of time as a result of changing climatic conditions. Carnival in question coincides with the celebration of the Summer Day marked the transition from winter to the summer period. That, in archaic mentality has meant organizing a different set of rituals including carnival in question in order to obtain the grace of mystical powers. Bozovica Carnival in nucleus ritual background activity, was masking his protagonists. Most wear masks with teriomorfe background, and of particular importance is the participation of the protagonists without masks in the head, or anthropomorphic background, mostly female. The lattest, in fact, belong to male garb and become women and give to Carnival a particular dimension being constrained, especially the comic category. Women are targeted to their robbery attempt by various individuals from the ranks of the public present, but this does not allow other carnaval people and thus created a ritualized rivalry followed with comedic elements. Background of all these activities with masks probably it is associated with prosperity of call, or fertility of crops and livestock, after allegedly disguised identify with the masked protagonists of the dead under the control of whom are food plants and therefore the existence of human biological with pagan worldview.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 43
  • Page Range: 271-304
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: Albanian