National and Confessional Features of Festivals and Holidays: Structure of the Ritual Year in Modern Lithuania and Bulgaria

The article aims to answer the question of whether different confessions and nationalities are an important factor in structuring a nation’s ritual year. People’s attitude towards state holidays (non-work days) is analysed based on research carried out by the author in 2012-2019 in Sofia (Bulgaria),...

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Main Author: Žilvytis Šaknys
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ELM Scholarly Press 2021-12-01
Series:Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies
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Online Access:https://www.folklore.ee/balkan_baltic_yearbook/YBBS/article/view/123/148