Ancient Lithuanian calendar festivals
The book discusses traditional Lithuanian calendar festivals, their development, rituals, and customs. It also focuses on the ways rural communities celebrated Christmas, St John’s Day, and St George’s Day, paying special attention to ancient rituals that are still practiced today. The reader will a...
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| author | Vaicekauskas, Arūnas |
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| description | The book discusses traditional Lithuanian calendar festivals, their development, rituals, and customs. It also focuses on the ways rural communities celebrated Christmas, St John’s Day, and St George’s Day, paying special attention to ancient rituals that are still practiced today. The reader will also find answers to the following questions: What is the difference between Shrovetide and other calendar festivals? Why can Easter, which reached Lithuania with Christianity, reveal the customs of early Lithuanians no worse than other traditional rural festivals of pre-Christian origin? The book is dedicated to everyone interested in traditional Lithuanian culture and customs. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-408442024-05-02T12:40:11Z Ancient Lithuanian calendar festivals Vaicekauskas, Arūnas GN301-674 Customs Traditions Lithuanian culture Calendar Ancients rituals bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology The book discusses traditional Lithuanian calendar festivals, their development, rituals, and customs. It also focuses on the ways rural communities celebrated Christmas, St John’s Day, and St George’s Day, paying special attention to ancient rituals that are still practiced today. The reader will also find answers to the following questions: What is the difference between Shrovetide and other calendar festivals? Why can Easter, which reached Lithuania with Christianity, reveal the customs of early Lithuanians no worse than other traditional rural festivals of pre-Christian origin? The book is dedicated to everyone interested in traditional Lithuanian culture and customs. 2021-02-11T08:10:49Z 2021-02-11T08:10:49Z 2016-11-09 07:58:23 2014 book 19955 9786094670176 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/40844 eng application/octet-stream Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://www.vdu.lt/cris/bitstreams/8d49d74c-b60d-4706-887d-7ae9279c2c95/download Vytautas Magnus University 8d681d15-7ad7-4d53-bfd7-daaf54d528ac 9786094670176 184 p. open access |
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