Živý betlém – nový fenomén současnosti (vybrané příklady z Moravy)

• Authors: Tarcalova Ludmila

Title variants

EN

LIVING NATIVITY SCENE - A NEW PHENOMENON OF THE PRESENCE /SELECTED EXAMPLES FROM MORAVIA/

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The depiction of the birth of Jesus as described in Bible has become an actual Christmas event for many villages and towns since the mid-1990s. In Moravia, one can find more forms among them especially the so-called Living Nativity Scene with performing parishioners representing the Holy Family stands out. The actors and the audience take part in the Christmas secret: the village is becoming Bethlehem temporarily and the people go together to the crib. For the authors, it is an occasion to create a play with songs and scenes. The origin and development of contemporary living nativity scenes was researched in the region of Moravian Slovakia - in the areas round Uherske Hradiste, Uhersky Brod, and Straznice, where the living nativity scenes in the open air have been performed since 1994. Questionnaires, video-records, and Internet reports have been completed with new forms of living nativity scenes in selected locations in Moravia: living nativity scenes in closed rooms, Christmas carolling at cribs, in churches, at Christmas trees and stage performances with Christmas habits. The study submits proofs of contemporary living character of Christmas plays in specific forms of the local culture.

Keywords

EN

AUTHORS OF CHRISTMAS PLAYS; CHRISTMAS; CONTEMPORARY ETHNO-CULTURAL TRADITIONS; LIVING NATIVITY SCENE; MORAVIA; MORAVIAN SLOVAKIA

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: The National Institute of Folk Culture
• Journal: Národopisná revue (Journal of Ethnology)
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 271-282
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Tarcalova Ludmila

• Ludmila Tarcalova, Narodopisna revue, redakce, Narodni ustav lidove kultury se sidlem ve Straznici, Zamek 672, 696 62 Straznice, Czech Republic

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CEJSH db identifier

11CZAAAA10673