Naslov
Mirila - Custom of Marking the Resting Place with the Deceased

Autori
Katić, Mario

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo

Skup
Body and Awareness. The Discourse between Anthropology and Literature.

Mjesto i datum
Zadar, Hrvatska, 25.05.2012. - 27.05.2012

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Mirila; Death; Marking the place; Body

Sažetak
Prior to being removed from the house, the deceased was wrapped in cerements and fastened to the bier with rope in order not to fall out. In the past 80 years, the deceased have been placed in caskets or kapse (sing. kapsa). They were carried out of the house feet first and the funeral procession would then head toward the cemetery. Either in a casket or shrouded in cerements, the deceased was placed on the ground, onto a designated area previously used as a resting spot – mirilo, for the first and the last time before arriving at the cemetery. The bearers of the body then laid one stone at the head and one at the foot of the deceased. After a short prayer, the procession would head toward the cemetery where the deceased was then buried. Later that day or several days or even months after the burial, a person skilled with stone returned to the resting site, cut the stones into slabs and paved the space between them - thus building a mirilo. The places where mirila were built represent the boundaries between the two worlds where the soul passes over to the next world. By erecting mirila, the people built new homes for the souls of the deceased – the homes they could visit on All Souls Day, on their way back from the world of the deads. However, this “home” was also built as a manifestation of their own relationship with the deceased and of views on death in general. The fear of a dead body, especially of the wandering soul, has always been very much alive. The body is buried to rot, yet the soul remains alive and needs an abode – a mirilo – so that it does not return to its original home and family.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Etnologija i antropologija

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