Title The early 20th century Lithuanian press on the winter-spring carnival around the world
Authors Petrošienė, Lina
DOI 10.7592/YBBS2.01
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Is Part of Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic studies.. Tartu : ELM Scholarly Press. 2019, vol. 2, p. 11-24.. ISSN 2613-7844. eISSN 2613-7852
Keywords [eng] customs and traditions ; periodical press ; Shrovetide in Lithuania ; winter-spring seasonal carnival
Abstract [eng] The article shows what information the press between 1905 and 1940 provided Lithuanian readers about Shrovetide celebratory traditions around the world. The information collected, consisting of seven articles, thirty photographs and drawings, is fragmentary but fairly informative, providing a good and concise understanding of this cultural phenomenon in a popular manner. By surveying and interpreting the available data, it tries to answer several questions: what significance these publications might have had on Shrovetide celebratory traditions and methods of celebration in the early 20th-century Lithuania; how this information correlates with current academic research and known empirical data; what Lithuanian Shrovetide had in common with the winter-spring carnival celebrated around the world.
Published Tartu : ELM Scholarly Press
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2019
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