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Читуље и памћење предака
Obituaries and Ancestral Rememberance

Author(s): Miroslav Niškanović
Subject(s): Culture and social structure
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Summary/Abstract: The role of čitulja (obituary) is discussed in the paper, in the traditional and in the contemporary society, in the context of religiousness renewed, re turning to church and returning to tradition. The obituary is considered as the list of the defuncts from the one family or from the one kin, where the de functs were listed by the chronology of their death, with the purpose of menti oning in family rituals.

  • Page Range: 355-362
  • Page Count: 8
  • Publication Year: 2002
  • Language: Serbian