Královské jízdy na středomoravské Hané. K proměnám zvyku v 19. a 20. století
| Title in English | Ritual of "running after king" in Central Moravia. The changes of habit in the 19th and 20th centuries |
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Folia ethnographica : Supplementa ad Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae sociales |
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| Field | Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology |
| Keywords | ritual of "running after king"; Pentecost; Haná region; evolution in the 19th and 20th centuries |
| Description | Pentecost was in the Czech Lands in the pre-industrial rural environment connected with walking rituals; several researches tried to explain their development. In Central Moravia (Haná region) the connection with initiation ceremonies of young people is primary; they are connected with horse pasture and riding competitions the winner of which was celebrated as a "king". The custome fullfilled a social integrating role in the village and among young men. The period of the Czecho-Slavonic Ethnographic Exhibition in 1895 brought the revival of the custom; phenomena of the traditional culture of the pre-industrial village got new functions in the frame of shaping the national identity. |
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