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Changes in the Relation Towards the Church Fair
Author(s): Vladimir JelavićSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Customs / Folklore, History of Church(es), Ethnohistory, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Hrvatsko etnološko društvo
Keywords: rural area; Chruch fair; Bregi; religious and secular festival; st. Rochus;
Summary/Abstract: The author presents changes in the relations of villagers towards a traditional, at the same time religious and secular festival - church fair. The village Bregi near Koprivnica (in northwestern Croatia) is taken as an example of these changes. It is probable that many northwestern Croatian villages have experienced similar changes in the development of the church fair. The church fair is originally a religious festival, arranged to commemorate the saint to whom the church is consecrated (st. Rochus in Bregi). The church fair has become the main village holiday, attracting people from the wider region, and offering them various merchandise and entertainment We can follow the expansion of the secular part of the fair from the end of the 19th century and with it the retreat of the religious component today confined to solemn mass.
Journal: Etnološka tribina : Godišnjak Hrvatskog etnološkog društva
- Issue Year: 22/1992
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 145-148
- Page Count: 4
- Language: Croatian