„Wędrówka Gabriela” - ambiwalencja kultu świętego Gabriela na Podlasiu hajnowskim z perspektywy antropologii wizualnej. Eksperymenty z „nieuprzywilejo
Wędrówka Gabriela [Travels of Gabriel]. The Ambivalent Cult of St Gabriel in the Hajnówka Podlasie Region from the Viewpoint of Visual Anthropology. E

Summary/Abstract: The article points out the aspect of ambivalence in the cult of the Orthodox Youth’s Patron, portrayed in the newest production titled Wędrówka Gabriela [Gabriel’s Wandering], created by the members of the Ethnographic Archive. The relics of Gabriel—a saint considered by the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church as one of the martyrs—have been “wandering” around the lands of Bialystok and Belarus since the 17th century. The construction of an Orthodox church dedicated to the holy martyr in a town called Zwierki, the cult’s birthplace, announced the end of the pilgrimage. The elements forming the story of Gabriel’s suffering and death have been constantly relocated, reshuffled and replaced. The locals remember a murderous sect of Jews killing “for the blood”; at other times the Jews transform themselves into “evil men” using sophisticated instruments of torture such as barrels spiked with nails. The article refers to the ambiguity recorded in the statements of the congregation, the play of mythemes, as well as to the visual presentation of the martyr’s May commemoration. The aspect of the unprivileged director’s position, weakening—though not completely abolishing—the system of power introduced by the use of camera, is also raised in the article.

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