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Празници и ритуали на студентите във Великотърновския университет (1963–1989 г.)
Celebrations and Rituals of the Students at University of Veliko Tarnovo (1963-1989)

Author(s): Maria Zhelyazkova
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Customs / Folklore, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Oral history, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: celebrations; history; students; National student’s day; 24th of May; rituals; University of Veliko Tarnovo

Summary/Abstract: The report is about the holidays and rituals in the University of Veliko Turnovo between the years 1963–1989. It focuses the attention on the student holiday the holiday of the university, the spring homecoming and the torch marching. The text follows the main points in organizing and holding these events by the students in the old city. Its purpose is to distinguish those rituals-created by the young people- which go beyond the obligatory frame of the official holidayritual system and they are a tribute to the specifics of the student identity, its constants and varieties, when celebrating the dates of the student’s holiday calendar during the years of Communist regime in Bulgaria. Documents and materials from the library of the University, and oral evidence collected by the author during the held half-standardized interviews whit the University of Veliko Turnovo alumni.

  • Issue Year: XXI/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 221-230
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Bulgarian
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