UCZTA URODZINOWA I POGRZEBOWA W WOJEWÓDZTWIE ŚLĄSKIM W ŚWIETLE MATERIAŁÓW ŹRÓDŁOWYCH POLSKIEGO ATLASU ETNOGRAFICZNEGO

• Authors: Drożdż Anna

Title variants

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Birthday and funeral feasts in Silesian Dukedom in the light of source materials from the Polish Ethnographic Atlas

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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In this study, the culinary traditions accompanying feasts organized during birthday and funeral ceremonies will be discussed, in particular those after christenings and funerals. The rules for preparing the food and drinks, the selection of the place and people acting as organizers, as well as the people invited to participate in the event will be presented. The main subject of these considerations will be the products and dishes that constitute the menu of such feasts. The role and meaning of served dishes will be presented, including their symbolic or magical meaning. The discussed issues also include those related to serving relic products/dishes and serving alcohol. The dialect names of the discussed events will be presented as well. This subject matter will be presented on the basis of the source materials of the Polish Ethnographic Atlas. This data was collected in the 1970s, during the field research conducted throughout Poland based on uniform research questionnaires (“Birthday customs, rituals and beliefs” and “Funeral customs, rituals and beliefs”). The research also covered the area of the current Silesian Dukedom. In this area, interviews were conducted in 13 villages – research points. During the field studies, customs and practices typical of the rural environment were of particular interest. The collected data will form the foundation of this study. This text will be primarily a source study. The researchers’ notes will be taken into account that are based both on the narratives of the village inhabitants and on a few representations of these narratives (literal fragments of the interlocutors’ recorded statements).

Keywords

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BIRTHDAY FEAST; CHRISTENING; FUNERAL FEAST; SILESIAN DUKEDOM; POLISH ETHNOGRAPHIC ATLAS

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Ethnological Society, and Slovak National Museum - Ethnological Museum (in Martin)
• Journal: Etnologické rozpravy (Ethnological Disputes)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 72 – 86

Contributors

author

Drożdż Anna

• Institute of Culture Studies, University of Silesia in Katowice, Uniwersytecka 4, 40-007 Katowice, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4178-154X

Identifiers

DOI

10.31577/EtnoRozpra.2024.31.2.06