The Religiosity of the inhabitants of Dzūkija

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Straipsnis / Article
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
The Religiosity of the inhabitants of Dzūkija
Authors:
Kairaitytė, Aušra
In the Journal:
Lituanus, 2015, 61, 2, 32-60, 103-104
Subject Category:
LT
Merkinė; Lietuva (Lithuania); Kultūros paveldas / Cultural heritage.
Summary / Abstract:

ENPersonal religiosity has various components. It includes personal religious practices and personal religious experiences. Other components include the attitude people have towards the saints and the practices they follow in connection with their veneration. The aim of this article is to examine the religiosity of the inhabitants of Dzūkija (an ethnocultural and historical region located in southeast Lithuania) by analyzing how the cults of the more popular saints have manifested themselves there during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The article presents ethnographic field research into the cultural heritage of the city of Merkinė in Dzūkija. Conducted in 2013, the research showed that, despite rapid secularization and changes in attitude towards religion, today's inhabitants of Dzūkija have a religious worldview in which it is not unusual to pay attention to activities and functions associated with saints prominent in traditional culture or to pray to certain saints for assistance.

ISSN:
0024-5089
Subject:
Etnologija / Ethnology
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2018-09-03 13:56:50
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