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Bulgarian Wooden Calendars

Author(s): Veselina Koleva
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore
Published by: Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum
Keywords: calendar stick; fixed feasts; Orthodox Church calendar; rabosh; wooden calendar

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a short review of the characteristic features of Bulgarian wooden calendars. Particular attention has been paid to the structure of calendar records and special signs marking the fixed feast days throughout the year in the Orthodox liturgical calendar. A group of calendar sticks from the central part of the Rhodope Mountains, repeatedly used during the 19th century, illustrate this little known folk tradition. Parallels are drawn with wooden calendars from other countries.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 46
  • Page Range: 93-113
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Estonian