Registre magice şi contexte religioase ale performării sărbătorii populare. I. Boboteaza, între „sfinţirea apei de leac“ şi „visatul drăguţului“. Practici şi obiceiuri din satele sălăjene
Magical valences and religious context in the performance of traditional celebration.
St. John’s baptizing – between “blessing the medicine water” and “dreaming one’s soulmate”.Practices and customs in Salaj County villages
This article is based upon ethnographical field research (perfeormed in the last years in Salaj villages) on St. Jon’s baptizing celebration and on the ways this celebration is perceived by the traditional community. The study demonstrates – both theoretically, by appealing to specialty literature and also concretely, by relaying certain field data (testimonies of those interviewed) – that St. Jon’s baptizing is a complex celebration to generate many customs and beliefs religiously and magically situated at the confluence of two spiritual valences. All customs performed on this celebration, and also their respective beliefs, are based on the fact that this celebration is perceived, within the collective imaginary of the traditional community as a time of debut in which ritual acts can be efficient.
Keywords: Celebration, magic, religion, ritual, erotic magic, holy water, traditional community
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