Priviđenja u zapadnoj Srbiji
Apparitions in western Serbia
Abstract
Rad se bavi verovanjima vezanim za pojavu priviđenja u zapadnoj Srbiji, na osnovu materijala dobijenog terenskim istraživanjem u okolini Požege i Lučana. Predložena je definicija samog pojma "priviđenje", izvršena je formalna identifikacija kompleksa verovanja vezanog za fenomen priviđenja, u kategorijama religijske teorije i religijske prakse, razmatranjem pasivne i aktivne komponente odnosa prema ovoj onostranoj pojavi, kao i njegovi komunikacijsko-funkcionalni aspekti.
In Serbian folk tradition, apparitions represent a special, established and separated category of beliefs, with determined and elaborated passive and active relationship about this supernatural phenomenon. There are a number of beliefs concerning the sole essence of an apparition, periods and places when such phenomenon occurs, and various different features that a person should possess in order (not) to communicate with the supernatural; these are accompanied with elaborated religious practice, to prevent or enhance such a meeting/communication. This paper takes apparitions as communications. The greatest number of beliefs is centered on the act of dying and trespasses into the other world, and a special category of deceased, so the analysis is focused on these matters. Based on the literature on the subject, we were able to construct a correct sequence of events leading into peaceful afterlife. When aberrations appear, however, the sequence is diverged, depending on the presence/abse...nce of the mortuary rituals. This conclusion has helped us to decode a message being transferred during the contact with an aberration, and we translate it as a manual for peaceful, eternal, afterlife, which should came about as a result of a traditional norms of behavior and customs. A social function of these rules and customs we found among small communities, where losing a member could jeopardize the existence of a community itself; a social channeling of dying through rituals, reducing the act of dying to its real boundaries of a natural process, as well as a confirmation that a given community is strong enough to overcome the dying crisis, in situations like this, becomes of a vital importance. At the same time, there is an expression and a need to correct deviations from a given community which could pressure a great deal, especially if there is no other way of protection from deviant individuals.
Keywords:
ritual / priviđenje / onostrano/ovostrano / aberantni pokojnik / supernatural world / ritual / deceased / apparitionsSource:
Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU, 2005, 53, 305-317Publisher:
- Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Etnografski institut, Beograd
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Etnologija i antropologija / Ethnology and AnthropologyTY - JOUR AU - Sinani, Danijel PY - 2005 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/506 AB - Rad se bavi verovanjima vezanim za pojavu priviđenja u zapadnoj Srbiji, na osnovu materijala dobijenog terenskim istraživanjem u okolini Požege i Lučana. Predložena je definicija samog pojma "priviđenje", izvršena je formalna identifikacija kompleksa verovanja vezanog za fenomen priviđenja, u kategorijama religijske teorije i religijske prakse, razmatranjem pasivne i aktivne komponente odnosa prema ovoj onostranoj pojavi, kao i njegovi komunikacijsko-funkcionalni aspekti. AB - In Serbian folk tradition, apparitions represent a special, established and separated category of beliefs, with determined and elaborated passive and active relationship about this supernatural phenomenon. There are a number of beliefs concerning the sole essence of an apparition, periods and places when such phenomenon occurs, and various different features that a person should possess in order (not) to communicate with the supernatural; these are accompanied with elaborated religious practice, to prevent or enhance such a meeting/communication. This paper takes apparitions as communications. The greatest number of beliefs is centered on the act of dying and trespasses into the other world, and a special category of deceased, so the analysis is focused on these matters. Based on the literature on the subject, we were able to construct a correct sequence of events leading into peaceful afterlife. When aberrations appear, however, the sequence is diverged, depending on the presence/absence of the mortuary rituals. This conclusion has helped us to decode a message being transferred during the contact with an aberration, and we translate it as a manual for peaceful, eternal, afterlife, which should came about as a result of a traditional norms of behavior and customs. A social function of these rules and customs we found among small communities, where losing a member could jeopardize the existence of a community itself; a social channeling of dying through rituals, reducing the act of dying to its real boundaries of a natural process, as well as a confirmation that a given community is strong enough to overcome the dying crisis, in situations like this, becomes of a vital importance. At the same time, there is an expression and a need to correct deviations from a given community which could pressure a great deal, especially if there is no other way of protection from deviant individuals. PB - Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Etnografski institut, Beograd T2 - Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU T1 - Priviđenja u zapadnoj Srbiji T1 - Apparitions in western Serbia EP - 317 IS - 53 SP - 305 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_506 ER -
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Sinani, D.. (2005). Priviđenja u zapadnoj Srbiji. in Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Etnografski institut, Beograd.(53), 305-317. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_506
Sinani D. Priviđenja u zapadnoj Srbiji. in Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU. 2005;(53):305-317. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_506 .
Sinani, Danijel, "Priviđenja u zapadnoj Srbiji" in Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU, no. 53 (2005):305-317, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_506 .