The Family and the ritual year in the modern Lithuanian City

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Document Type:
Knygos dalis / Part of the book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
The Family and the ritual year in the modern Lithuanian City
Authors:
Paukštytė-Šaknienė, Rasa
In the Book:
Tradition and transformation / editors: Guzel Stolyarova, Irina Sedakova, Nina Vlaskina. Kazan ; Moscow : T8, 2016. P. 224-236. (Ritual year : the yearbook of the SIEF working group on the ritual year; 11) (Yearbook of the SIEF working group on the ritual year; 11)
Keywords:
LT
Vilnius. Vilniaus kraštas (Vilnius region); Lietuva (Lithuania); Liaudies kultūra / Folk culture; Miestai ir miesteliai / Cities and towns; Šeima / Family; Šventės. Atmintinos dienos / Festivals. Holy days.
Summary / Abstract:

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Miestas; Kalendorinės šventės; Tradicija; Šeima; City; Calendar festivals; Tradition; Family.

ENUsing the results of fieldwork conducted in Vilnius in 2011-2014, the author of the article aims to present tradition as perceived by a present-day Vilnius citizen and to analyse which festivals of the life- and year- cycles are viewed as traditional. How tradition is observed when making preparations for the most important celebration of the year, Christmas, is another issue touched upon. The author reaches the conclusion that the concept of tradition is contextual. Its content can be seen in a different way not only by an ethnologist and a person distant from the academic sphere respectively, but also by the informant himself or herself as they seek to define the concept of tradition, when speaking about traditions observed by their own family and when singling out the festivals which are traditionally observed. [From the publication]

ISBN:
9785519504171
ISSN:
2228-1347
Subject:
Etnologija / Ethnology
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