A „homo festivus” a Korunk második folyamában
“Homo festivus” in the Second Series of the Korunk

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the celebrations held by Hungarian communities in Romania in the years of socialism on the basis of the ethnographic and anthropological articles published in the second series of the journal Korunk (1957-1989). In addition to – or against – the compulsory holidays and political festivals, Christian religious holidays, feasts related to the agricultural calendar, and individual feasts had their role in creating and maintaining identity,strengthening and regulating community life. But ethnographers and anthropologists have drawn attention to signs of crisis and problems of modernization as a consequence of the expansion of the socialist culture and the new way of life.

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