Жизнени преходи и празничност: актуализирана традиция
Life transitions and festivity: an updated tradition

Author(s): Stoyan Antonov
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: updated tradition; ritual; village; transformation; distinctiveness
Summary/Abstract: The article presents the feast day of Diadovden (‘Grandfather’s Day’), observed in the village of Chereshovo, as an example of updated tradition. In the different stages of construction of the feast day, transformations are revealed that relate to the status of a grandfather, and hence to the basic life transition in the village environment – the transition to old age. In the same time, the feast day is a concentration of interaction between the individual and the community, considered as adapting the personal rhythm to the social rhythm. The article discusses the ritual, the official, and the entertaining parts of the festivity, and notes the changes in the actions, the participants, and the audience.

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