| Title |
Four glances at the feast of the assumption: the holiday through space and time / |
| Authors |
Šaknys, Žilvytis Bernardas |
| DOI |
10.7592/YBBS3.02 |
| Full Text |
|
| Is Part of |
Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies: Tracking the ritual year on the move in different cultural settings and systems of values.. International Society of Balkan and Baltic studies. 2020, 3, p. 35-50.. ISSN 2613-7844. eISSN 2613-7852 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Feast of the Assumption ; holiday ; religiosity ; ritual year ; secularity ; values |
| Abstract [eng] |
In my article, I attempt to track the ritual year in different social and cultural settings. The Feast of the Assumption was chosen for this research as a traditional religious holiday in Lithuania. Various chronological periods and localities of the feast are under investigation: celebrations in the 19th to the first half of the 20th centuries; the Assumption as a Lithuanian national holiday in 1929 in Kaunas; the Feast as a Lithuanian holiday specifically celebrated in Punsk (North Poland) since 1967; and finally, as a non-working day in Vilnius and Vilnius environments since 2000. The comparison of these versions, forms, and meanings of the Assumption leads to the conclusion that even a religious holiday can embody different values in different sociocultural surroundings, ranging from religious, national, and ethnic significance, to simply an excuse for a day off from work. |
| Published |
International Society of Balkan and Baltic studies |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2020 |
| CC license |
|
