RITES AND RITUALS IN THE BURIAL TRADITION IN OLTENIA BELOW THE MOUNTAIN

DEPENDING ON THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIETY AND THE PERIOD OF THE ERA WE ARE DISCUSSING, SOME OF THE TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN BY WORD OF MOUTH, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, ARE ON THE WAY TO EXTINCTION, AND THUS THEIR CONVERGENCE IS REQUIRED AS THEY ARE PART OF THE CULTURE OF EV...

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Published in:Research and science today 2024-03, Vol.27 (1), p.81-87
Main Author: SFINTEȘ, Costina Vergina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bible
Caskets
Cultural heritage
Cultural resources
Culture
Customs
Death
Dictionaries
Economic development
Economics
End of life
Funerals
Mortality
Rituals
Romanian language
Traditions
Weddings
Young adults
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Summary:DEPENDING ON THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIETY AND THE PERIOD OF THE ERA WE ARE DISCUSSING, SOME OF THE TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN BY WORD OF MOUTH, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, ARE ON THE WAY TO EXTINCTION, AND THUS THEIR CONVERGENCE IS REQUIRED AS THEY ARE PART OF THE CULTURE OF EVERY PEOPLE . [...]WE AS ROMANIAN PEOPLE ALSO HAVE SPECIAL CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS THAT MUST BE PRESERVED IN THE CULTURAL HERITAGE AS THEY CONTRIBUTE TO DEFINING OUR IDENTITY. According to the Explanatory Dictionary of the Romanian Language, death represents "the cessation of life, the cessation of all vital functions, the end of life"[3], without distinguishing between declared death and physical death. If the deceased person, girl or boy, was of marriageable age and they were not married, the clothes they were dressed in to be buried were wedding clothes, and the funeral rituals were intertwined with the wedding ones, so that those young people also went through that stage of life that has been completed. Along with the evolution of society and economic development, many economic agents have appeared whose business is funeral services, and coffins in contemporary society are equipped with lace and other lining materials, so that in the present, this preparation of the throne no longer has the same role as in the past.
ISSN:2247-4455
2285-9632
DOI:10.38173/RST.2024.27.1.7:81-87