Burial Customs and Superstitions about Death among Slovaks in Stara Pazova Cover Image

Pohrebné obyčaje a povery súvisiace so smrťou u Slovákov v Starej Pazovej
Burial Customs and Superstitions about Death among Slovaks in Stara Pazova

Author(s): Anna Marićová
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Slovenský komitét slavistov a Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava SAV, v.v.i.
Keywords: The deceased; burial; funeral feast; afterlife

Summary/Abstract: The paper elaborates the customs related to death such as: looking after the deceased before he/she is put into a coffin, the customs at home and at the cemetery, the burial as the final farewell to children, young and old people, the mourning clothes and the funeral feast. Death is connected to various beliefs regarding the afterlife of the deceased.

  • Issue Year: 49/2014
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 65-70
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Slovak
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