Празникът на пролетта в Албания и в другите балкански страни
The celebration of the first day of spring in Albania and the other Balkan countries

Author(s): Eno Baze
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: ЮГОЗАПАДЕН УНИВЕРСИТЕТ »НЕОФИТ РИЛСКИ«
Keywords: Cultural heritage; Customs; Martenitsa; Tradition; The Day of Spring
Summary/Abstract: Part of the enormous cultural heritage of the Balkans is occupied by pagan customs. In the folk context, many of them find are widespread in the peninsula, but centrally and comprehensively, we can highlight the celebrations of the feast –The first Day of Spring. It is celebrated today in the territory of five Balkan countries - Bulgaria, Albania, Romania, Serbia, Greece and Macedonia. But to ask ourselves how and where this custom is rooted? There are solid hypotheses about Thracian-Dacian origin or Proto Bulgarian, even somewhere I have encountered Iranian-Indian. No one can give an exact answer, and perhaps it is not necessary, but the ordinances of the spring welcome somehow resemble shamanism and communion with the natural powers, the transcendent and the paranormal, the mystical and the occult. The reception of spring is an ancient custom in the Balkans, connected with the common cultural heritage, a sign of the proximity of nations.

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