Gecse, Annabella: The Heart of Gemer/Gömör
Gecse, Annabella: The Heart of Gemer/Gömör
Studies on the Popular Religious Practice of Gemer/Gömör in Southern Slovakia
Author(s): Péter VataščinSubject(s): Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Book-Review, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Fórum Kisebbségkutató Intézet
Keywords: Ethnography; folk religiosity; religiosity of today; Episcopal Archives; field research; ethnographic collecting; participant observation; amateur cantors;book review;
Summary/Abstract: The book examined the 20th century folk religiosity of nine Hungarian villages in southern Slovakia: Abafalva (Abovce), Baraca (Barca), Cakó (Cakov), Füge (Figa), Méhi (Včelince), Rimaszécs (Rimavská Seč), Sajószentkirály (Kráľ), Uzapanyit (Uzovská Panica), and Velkenye (Vlkyňa). The area is one of the Catholic regions of the ethnically, linguistically and religiously mixed Gemer, mostly in a Protestant environment.
Journal: Fórum Társadalomtudományi Szemle
- Issue Year: XXIII/2021
- Issue No: 5. (Eng)
- Page Range: 131-133
- Page Count: 3
- Language: English
