Reception of the State Holiday: What did we express to the world by celebrating Sretenje – Statehood day? Cover Image

РЕЦЕПЦИЈА ДРЖАВНОГ ПРАЗНИКА:ШТА СМО ПРОСЛАВЉАЊЕМ СРЕТЕЊА - ДАНА ДРЖАВНОСТИ ПОКАЗАЛИ СВЕТУ?
Reception of the State Holiday: What did we express to the world by celebrating Sretenje – Statehood day?

Author(s): Senka Kovač
Subject(s): Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Politics and Identity, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Институт за етнологију и антропологију
Keywords: Sretenje-Statehood Day; public discourse; holiday reception; Europe; the world;

Summary/Abstract: The first part of this paper describes the ideas of the members of the Serbian Government commission assembled in 2001 in order to create a proposal of the new State holiday at the begging of the new millennia, which has seen major political changes in the country. One of the ideas brought forward by the committee members was to make the new State holiday acceptable to united Europe. This paper analyses the attitudes of the informants – what did we express to the world by celebrating Sretenje – Statehood day – on the sample of 604 of respondents. The research data was collected in three stages: between 2004 and 2007, between 2008 and 2011, and between 2018 and 2020. The aim of the analysis is to reveal whether the ideas of the transmitters of the messages have reached their goal

  • Issue Year: 20/2020
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 163-180
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Serbian