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The Balkan Concept of the Phenomenon of Odessa Culture
Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies, 2021 This article explores manifestations of the Balkan concept as a component of the phenomenon of ‘Odessa culture’. The research aims to reveal the concept’s specific components, how they were formed in Odessa’s sociocultural environment and how they are ...
Halyna Stoyanova
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Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies, 2021 Traditional symbols and codes are very powerful elements of culture. In modernity they have become connected with the paradigm of intertextuality: being actual because of their modern and contemporary treatment, at the same time they are associated with
Vytautas Tumėnas
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Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies, 2021 The article aims to answer the question of whether different confessions and nationalities are an important factor in structuring a nation’s ritual year.
Žilvytis Šaknys
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Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies, 2021 This edition of the Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies focuses on discussion and ongoing research presented to an academic community of scholars in Balkan and Baltic Studies at a conference held on 9-11 June 2020 in Riga, Latvia, organized by the ...
Robert Parkin, Inese Runce
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Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies, 2020 The article embodies some results of a joint international research project on linguistic and ethnocultural dynamics of traditional and non-traditional values in the three countries of the Slavic world.
Irina Sedakova +3 more
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February 1st in Ireland (Imbolc and/or LáFhéile Bride): From Christian Saint to Pagan Goddess
Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies, 2020 Like in many countries of Europe, the 1st of February (Imbolk, the Brigid’day) in Ireland marks the beginning of Spring and is connected with some fertility rites.
Tatyana Mikhailova
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Comparison of Co-Workers’ Leisure in Sofia and Vilnius: Personal Occasions
Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies, 2018 The article deals with sociocultural interactions in the environment of co-workers. Comparing the co-workers of Sofia and Vilnius cities residents during the informal gathering of personal occasions, we analysed the leisure time of co-workers during the ...
Irma Šidiškienė
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Folklore, Ethnology and Beyond, from the 14th SIEF Congress in Santiago de Compostela
Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies, 2020 The article focuses on the main trends in development of ethnology, folklore and cultural anthropology as represented at the 14th congress of International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF). The Congress’ main theme Track Changes: Reflecting on a
Alexander Novik, Irina Sedakova
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Slavic-Baltic Space through the Prism of Magic Books
Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies, 2018 In the Slavic culture, one of the remarkable places as a monument of literary texts and traditional folk knowledge was occupied by manuscripts and books which belonged to the category of forbidden (by church) literature, to the so called false, black or ...
Tatiana Minniyakhmetova
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Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies, 2020 The paper presents an overview and analysis of the Gjirokastra National Folklore Festival (NFFoGj), one of the most important events in the cultural life of Albania.
Alexander Novik
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