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Гергьовден в Мездра – между събора и героизма
St. George’s day in Mezdra – between fair and heroism

Author(s): Lina Gergova
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Modern Age, Recent History (1900 till today), Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , 19th Century
Published by: Асоциация за антропология, етнология и фолклористика ОНГЬЛ

Summary/Abstract: In the paper, the author traces the transformations of St. George’s Day in Mezdra from a church observation and traditional rural festival to the town’s holiday. The whole palette of events and messages that build the festive line and the image of the nowadays Mezdra is presented, as well as the connection between representations of the local cultural practices and memory of death soldiers as a national commemorative tradition.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 133-147
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Bulgarian