Ora de pomană in Funeral and Memorial Rites of Romanians (Vlachs) of the Timok Valley Cover Image
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Ora de pomană в погребальной-поминальной обрядности румын (влахов) Тимокской Краины
Ora de pomană in Funeral and Memorial Rites of Romanians (Vlachs) of the Timok Valley

Author(s): Natalia G. Golant
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: field surveys; memorial ring dance (ora/hora de pomană); Romanians; Vlachs; customs;

Summary/Abstract: The article uses field survey finds collected by the author during her ethno-linguistic studies in villages from Zaječar and Bor counties (Serbia) in spring and summer of 2022. The article tells about the custom of dancing memorial hora (ora) that exists in Romanian villages in the Eastern Serbia. This custom can be observed on certain dates after death or on cetain calendar holidays. Field finds from Eastern Serbia are compared to the data published by Romanian, Serbian and Bulgarian researchers on similar customs observed in the neighboring countries and in other parts of Serbia.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 217-227
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Russian
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