A csíksomyói pünkösdi búcsú új kulturális ökonómiája
The New Cultural Economy of the Csíksomlyó (Șumuleu Ciuc) Pentecost Pilgrimage Feast

Summary/Abstract: The Pentecost pilgrimage from Șumuleu Ciuc/Csíksomlyó is described by ethnographic literature as a religious ritual drama, including elements of local folk customs. Restarted in 1990, this event presents a radically changed cultural economy: the use of space, time and rituals has been modified; furthermore, the non-religious meanings of the pilgrimage have become more accentuated. The present essay conceives the pilgrimage as a ritual event in space and time, as a visual “spectacle”, and presents the process of its transformation from the point of view of cultural economy: the boundaries of the real or conceptual worlds are blurred in so-called processes of enworldment, and so-called unworldment processes completely dismantle these old worlds, while deworldment processes also create new worlds that may occur anywhere, i.e. are not bound to a specific place.

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