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Християнски празници и народни обичаи – тяхната символика и отражението им в изкуството
Christian Feasts and Popular Traditions: Symbolism and Reflection in Arts

Author(s): Ivaylo Kostov
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, History of Religion
Published by: Институт за изследване на изкуствата, Българска академия на науките

Summary/Abstract: Culturologically, a feast is a compendium of a kind, encompassing and evincing all elements of cultural identification when it comes both to a community or an individual. Such elements encompass also all the symbolic archetypes associated with the national mentality. Studying the ways in which they are being realised can help to establish the mechanisms of how cultural phenomena are produced. Or taking the liberty of paraphrasing the biblical saying: ’Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them ‘, there would be similar moral strength and a more clear tendency to the words ‘Wherefore by celebrating their feasts ye shall know them’. This problematics manifestly has its effect on arts to further miraculously translate into the society too, transforming into a creative urge, needed for artistic output.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 375-382
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English, Bulgarian