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"ЖИВОТ" ЈЕДНОГ РИТУАЛА
THE LIFE CYCLE OF A RITUAL

Author(s): Danijel Sinani
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Институт за етнологију и антропологију
Keywords: "rusalje" ritual; roles transmission; expansion of ritual; quantitative reduction; degeneration;

Summary/Abstract: This paper is concerned with the processes of inheritance and transmission of ritual roles in the "rusalje" ritual. Its rapid expansion and adoption in the neighboring regions are interpreted, followed by an analysis of the reasons and circumstances o f the decline in the ritual’s significance and the disappearance of its most characteristic form.

  • Issue Year: 8/2008
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 75-87
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Serbian