LESTOVKA ȘI PADRUȘNIK LA STAROVERI. UTILITATE ȘI SEMNIFICAȚII
LESTOVKA AND PODRUSHNIK AMONG STAROVERS. UTILITY AND MEANINGS
Author(s): Alexandru ChiselevSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Social Sciences, Cultural history, Ethnohistory, Theology and Religion, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Muzeul de Istorie Națională și Arheologie Constanța
Keywords: lestovka; podrushnik; Old Believers; utility; meaning; hierotopic object; identity marker;
Summary/Abstract: In this article we analyzed from a structural, utilitarian, and semantic point of view lestovka (prayer rope) and podrushnik (prayer rug), two identity markers important for the Starover group, used during prayer or in the context of rites of passage. We believe that only by understanding the ontogenesis of the object we can know how the objects invested with religious and spiritual values interact with believers as well as why the artifacts are able to sustain sacredness themself. Also, from the strict materiality to the symbolic dimension, from utility to inclusion in a system of meaning (ritual objects, identity markers, marketed products), lestovka and podrushnik can decode the existential meanings of the Old Believer community, but and the relationship between tradition and innovation. On the other hand, in addition to the utilitarian and symbolic roles of these objects, they function as hierotopic objects, with the help of which sacred toposes are created and maintained.
Journal: Analele Dobrogei
- Issue Year: I/2021
- Issue No: III seria3
- Page Range: 129 - 141
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Romanian
