Celebration of Islamic Holidays in the Religious Practice of Bosniaks in Novi Pazar – Ethno-anthropological Context Cover Image

Прослава ислaмских празника у верској пракси Бошњака у Новом Пазару – етно-антрополошки контекст
Celebration of Islamic Holidays in the Religious Practice of Bosniaks in Novi Pazar – Ethno-anthropological Context

Author(s): Nina Aksić
Subject(s): Cultural history, Local History / Microhistory, History of Islam
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: religious holidays; socio-political context; Islam; Bosniaks; Novi Pazar

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the celebration of religious holidays in the Bosniak community on the territory of Novi Pazar, by giving an insight into their meanings, as well as by giving a brief presentation of the celebrations primarily from the period of socialism, up to the present days. Research on the celebrations of religious holidays in the region of Novi Pazar is based on utterances of interlocutors from this area, then on archival material and literature dealing with this subject. The aim of this paper is to present the genesis of religious holidays in the Bosniak community in Novi Pazar, viewed in the context of understanding the relationship between secular laws and religious issues, and to analyze changes in the ways they are celebrated over the past decades.

  • Issue Year: LXVIII/2020
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 589-611
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Serbian