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The Semyk Holiday in the Culture of Contemporary Mari
Anthropology & Archeology of Eurasia, 2012Semyk is one of the most esteemed holidays of the Mari and acts as a symbol of the start of the summer celebrations cycle. Ancestral rites are a particular feature of Semyk, held in June, seven weeks after the sorta keche day dedicated to remembrance of the deceased.
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Mary Magdalene in Popular Culture and History
2006Abstract Between Peter, Paul, and Mary, there is no question about who is the media star. Peter may be a sentimental favorite among faithful readers of the New Testament, who can identify with his rash behavior but basically good heart.
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Mary as Cultural Symbol in the Nineteenth Century
2019In the nineteenth century the Virgin Mary, traditionally the most important woman in the Roman Catholic Church, also became a dynamic negative cultural symbol for Protestants, an ambivalent figure for Anglicans, and an empowering symbol for some feminists.
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Mary and Modern Catholic Material Culture
2019This chapter assesses the persistence of material culture in modern Marian devotion, against the backdrop of technological developments in the mass media and in conjunction with a history of modern apparitions. It argues that, despite the ‘virtualization’ of Marian phenomena, iconography, and devotional practice through media such as photography and ...
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Illustrating Mary Poppins: Visual Culture and the Middlebrow
2012In 1934, the English publisher Gerald Howe brought out an illustrated children’s novel by a relatively unknown Australian author, P. L. Travers, then living in London. The book, Mary Poppins, was an immediate success with readers, and not only with the children who were its ostensible market.1 A protege of AE (George Russell), Travers had always wanted
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Mining Cultures and Mary Cults: Where the Sacred and Profane Meet
Technology and Culture, 2016Our Lady of the Rockies (OLR) is a ninety-foot-tall statue of the Virgin Mary overlooking Butte, Montana, from its perch high atop the Continental Divide. In the popularized account, OLR is a uniquely local undertaking reflecting the community’s character and pride.
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ON SOME IMAGES OF TATAR MUSLIM CULTURE IN THE SPIRITUAL CULTURE OF THE MARI
Марийская Традиционная Религия: история и современность. Материалы Всероссийской научно-практической конференции, посвященной Году культурного наследия народов России, 2022openaire +1 more source