The Ritual-Mythological Semantics of the Azerbaijan Khidir Nabi Holiday
Ritualnp-mitološka semantika azerbejdžanskog praznika Khidir Nabi

Summary/Abstract: After Novruz holiday the most important holiday according to the ritual-mythological bases and ethno-cultural semantics of Azerbaijani folk holidays is KhidirNabi holiday. In fact, the holidays of Novruz and Khidir Nabi are not separated fromeach other as part of the national calendar: these holidays belong to the different stagesof the folk calendar and are united according to the ethno-cultural essence and concept.They are the components of the unified mythical system of thinking of people abouttime, as independent holidays, which do not replace each other and are not alternative.However, it should be noted that Novruz is more widespread due to the ethno-culturalgeography than the holiday Khidir Nabi.The main purpose of the research is to investigate the ritual-mythological semanticsof the Azerbaijani Khidir Nabi holiday.The research presented in this paper is mainly based on the historical-comparativeand ritual-mythological approach methods.

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