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The Role of Ritual Traditional Clothing among Bunjevci Croats in Serbia in the Revitalisation of Annual Customs and Rituals

The article deals with the traditional costume worn in the course of calendar festivals and the feast of marking the end of harvest among a Croatian subethnic group in the region of Bačka (county of Vojvodina) in Serbia. The traditional costume carries an important symbolic meaning in the process of revitalizing the customs and, as such, it represents an ethnocultural identity marker of the group. These customs have undergone a great revival in the past twenty years, being observed in certain calendar periods or on specific days during the ritual year, such as: the central cultural and social event – the so called prelo (‘spinning bee’) in the winter period of Shrovetide, and the Pentecost pageant (so called kraljice) ; as well as on the occasion of the so called Dužijanca, a celebration marking the end of harvest among the Bunjevci Croats in the region of Bačka, which has existed as a public event for over a century. The article is based on the actual field data gathered by the author and her associates.

traditional costume, annual customs, Bunjevci

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