Advent u tradicijskoj kulturi posuškoga kraja
Advent in traditional culture of Posušje area

Summary/Abstract: Christmas time in church and folk culture begins with Advent. This period of four Sundays before Christmas Christians experience as a time of preparation for the birth of Jesus Christ. This period is characterized by going to the masses, especially morning services, prayers and fasting. Advent customs such as gift giving, sowing wheat, decorating homes have been preserved to this day and they carry the traces of the past while some other customs do not exist anymore and are remained only in memories of the elderly persons. People in Posušje in a special way worship the holidays of St. Barbara, St. Nicholas, the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Lucia. The days of Materice and Očići are associated with giving cina so they took the names Ženska (Female) and Muška (Male) cina. Lately is the custom of advent wreath more and more present in the homes of people of Posušje. Based on the collected contemporary records this paper represents the Advent customs in the area of Posušje. These records of customs take an important place in the folk heritage of Posušje area and the aim of this paper is to preserve the Croatian culture in this area.

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