Tradicijska kultura u adventskom vremenu na Šolti
Traditional culture in Advent time on Solta

Summary/Abstract: Tradition marks certain constants which are very important characteristics of a specific culture and identity. It is inherited and the process of inheriting the culture, or some part of it, one learns and adopts patterns of behavior and opinions which that culture offers. Sometimes it is bound with previous forms of culture or forms of culture that are vanishing, opposed to modern society and the changes that it brings. Ethnographic records abound with data of human breakthroughs from everyday life as well as solemn moments in a life of an individual, family or the whole community, especially in the ways of holiday celebrations which are the best indicator of the difference between everyday life and special occasions. Adventtime includes a series of holidays that link many customs, beliefs, rituals, processions and congratulations. In that blend there are intertwined traditions made of elements of old Slavic mythology and traditions, through Antic ones, and all the way to Christian ones. This paper describes traditional culture of Solta, an island located in middle Dalmatia that administratively belong to Split-Dalmatian region.

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