Rituali oko smrti poginulih boraca. (Primjer Samobora)
Rituals Commemorating Deceased Croatian Soldiers (Samobor)

Summary/Abstract: The author has noted the rituals commemorating deceased Croatian soldiers in the small town of Samobor near Zagreb in the period between July 1991 and June 1992. Newspaper death notices and commemorative texts, funerals, memorial signs on the spot at which the death took place, the commemorative board with the photographs of killed soldiers placed on the central square in Samobor and its decoration at certain dates (e. g. Christmas, Easter, etc.), all bear witness to different ways of expressing compassion and to efforts at preserving the integrity of the community. A larger section of the paper relates stories concerning the death of the soldier whose photograph disappeared from the commemorative board.

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