Bread in the Folk Culture of the Serbs in Its Pan–Slavic Context
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The Slavs do not consider bread to be a common foodstuff, but a sacred object, a symbol of wealth and happiness. Almost all significant rituals (holidays, rites from the life cycle of a person, occasional magical activities) use bread. In some of them, such as marriages or the Serbian holiday krsna slava, it is the main ritual object, which has great symbolic value. This paper addresses the use of bread in the ritual behavior of the Serbs and related peoples, where bread has the characteristics of a symbol and therefore gains a communicative function (it is used to convey or to receive information). It is also points out that the symbolic function of bread changes depending on the grain used to make it, whether it is leavened or unleavened, and the shape of it.
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bread / rituals / customs / folk culture / Serbs / SlavsSource:
Balcanica, 2014, XLV, 165-185Publisher:
- Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?id=0350-76531445165Rhttp://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/5635
TY - JOUR AU - Radenković, Ljubinko PY - 2014 UR - http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?id=0350-76531445165R UR - http://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/5635 AB - The Slavs do not consider bread to be a common foodstuff, but a sacred object, a symbol of wealth and happiness. Almost all significant rituals (holidays, rites from the life cycle of a person, occasional magical activities) use bread. In some of them, such as marriages or the Serbian holiday krsna slava, it is the main ritual object, which has great symbolic value. This paper addresses the use of bread in the ritual behavior of the Serbs and related peoples, where bread has the characteristics of a symbol and therefore gains a communicative function (it is used to convey or to receive information). It is also points out that the symbolic function of bread changes depending on the grain used to make it, whether it is leavened or unleavened, and the shape of it. PB - Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts T2 - Balcanica T1 - Bread in the Folk Culture of the Serbs in Its Pan–Slavic Context SP - 165 EP - 185 IS - XLV DO - 10.2298/BALC1445165R ER -
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Radenković L. Bread in the Folk Culture of the Serbs in Its Pan–Slavic Context. Balcanica. 2014;(XLV):165-185
,& Radenković, L. (2014). Bread in the Folk Culture of the Serbs in Its Pan–Slavic Context. BalcanicaBelgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts., null(XLV), 165-185. https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1445165R
Radenković Ljubinko, "Bread in the Folk Culture of the Serbs in Its Pan–Slavic Context" null, no. XLV (2014):165-185, https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1445165R .