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Romanian Folk Feasts: Linguistic and Spiritual Interferences
Romanian Folk Feasts: Linguistic and Spiritual Interferences

Author(s): Valeriu Balteanu
Subject(s): Language studies, Cultural history, Ethnohistory
Published by: Editura Casa Cărții de Știință
Keywords: Romanian folk feasts; beliefs; superstitions; traditional practices

Summary/Abstract: Our paper focuses on a series of spiritual interferences that are present in Romanian folk feasts, namely, the intermingling of Christian and pagan elements. In order to research such elements, we shall have in view an ethnolinguistic analysis consisting of both formal and ethnological aspects (beliefs, superstitions, traditional practices, etc.).

  • Issue Year: 14/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 305-306
  • Page Count: 2
  • Language: English