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Ţesăturile în ritualul de înmormântare. Funcţii şi mesaje simbolice
Textiles Used in the Funeral Ritual. Symbolic Roles and Messages

Author(s): Elena POSTOLACHI
Subject(s): Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Editura Palatul Culturii

Summary/Abstract: The paper provides a systematic presentation of the information regarding the usage of textiles within funeral rituals in Moldova, focusing on the communicative, symbolic roles and messages thereof, and on the related superstitions.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 271-292
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Romanian
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