THE SEMANTICS OF SOME RITUAL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH PREPARATION OF THE TRADITIONAL COSTUME AND TEXTILES IN MACEDONIA Cover Image

За семантиката на некои обредни дејствија поврзани со изработката на носијата и на традиционалниот текстил во Македонија
THE SEMANTICS OF SOME RITUAL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH PREPARATION OF THE TRADITIONAL COSTUME AND TEXTILES IN MACEDONIA

Author(s): Jasminka Ristovska-Piličkova
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Институт за македонска литература
Keywords: customs; rituals; starting with learning embroidery; weaving; non sweating hands; magical acts and actions; ancient rites

Summary/Abstract: The customs and beliefs associated with the preparation of embroidery and textiles in general in Macedonia may be perceived array elements and archaic ritual actions that are attached to them with similar specific wider Slavic araeal. At its basis are preserved traces of many older rituals, customs and beliefs with apothropeic character, grounded in archaic cultures developed in these areas.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 62
  • Page Range: 172-184
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Macedonian