Pogrebna svečica na području sisačke Posavine
Svečica - the Funeral Candle in the Sava River Valley Near Sisak
Author(s): Dražen NožinićSubject(s): Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Hrvatsko etnološko društvo
Keywords: svečica; funeral candle; Sisak; customs; cultural anthropology;
Summary/Abstract: The author presents the results of fieldwork on the funeral candle called svečica, conducted in 1987 and 1988 in the Sava-valley near Sisak. The custom of measuring the dead body and shaping a candle of adequate length is specific for the Sava-valley. The author describes some other ways of measuring the dead body (different from svečica), as well as the customs of girding the dead, the sick and churches. He mentions some analogous phenomena in the Balkans and in the East Alps, supposing their possible cognates.
Journal: Etnološka tribina : Godišnjak Hrvatskog etnološkog društva
- Issue Year: 18/1988
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 123-127
- Page Count: 5
- Language: Croatian