The Ritual and Social Practices Associated with Paștele Blajinilor (“The Easter of the Kind Hearted”) in Moldova: Betwixt Tradition and the Permutations of the Migration Process

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  • Dorina Onica National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History

Schlagworte:

candles, ‘colivăʼ, common meals, migration, alms, ritual mutation, social status, memory.

Abstract

Paștele Blajinilor (“The Easter of the Kind-Hearted”) is a feast linked to the cult and remembrance of the ancestors who have passed into Afterlife. The ritual practices performed by the relatives at the cemetery on this day ensure not only the spiritual and symbolic dialogue with the ancestors of the family but a social link with the living relatives, too. The migration process of Moldavian citizens has caused a change in the content of ritual, in collective attitude, in forms of popular religiosity, and in adopting new ritualized behaviors. Also, our approach emphasizes how the expression of social status and the maintaining of familial ties in a globalized world is linked to using instruments of folk culture and religious practices.

Autor/innen-Biografie

Dorina Onica, National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History

The Center of Literature and Folklore, Scientific researcher

Veröffentlicht

2021-12-21

Zitationsvorschlag

Onica, D. (2021). The Ritual and Social Practices Associated with Paștele Blajinilor (“The Easter of the Kind Hearted”) in Moldova: Betwixt Tradition and the Permutations of the Migration Process. Zeitschrift für Balkanologie, 57(1). Abgerufen von https://www.zeitschrift-fuer-balkanologie.de/index.php/zfb/article/view/621

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