MARTOR no. 29 / year 2024

Laura Jiga Iliescu. 2020. Biserica de alături. Câteva rituri necercetate ale ciobanilor din Carpați. Studiu de etnologie asupra religiozității pastorale [The church next door. Unresearched rites of the Carpathian shepherds. Ethnological study of pastoral religiosity]. Iași: Institutul European, 226 p.

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DOI: www.doi.org/10.57225/martor.2024.29.20

REVIEWED BY:
Cornelia Florea
Independent researcher, Romania

PAGES: 248-251

KEYWORDS: Jiga Iliescu; book review; rites; shepherds; Carphathians.

ABSTRACT:
The book Biserica de alături [The church next door] addresses some of the lesser-known rites of the shepherds from the Romanian Carpathians, such as the marriage at the fir trees, the confession, the prayer at the tree, and eating tree buds at Easter. Laura Jiga Iliescu describes these rites following long-term research on the mountain plateaus and in the hearths of the pastoral villages at the foot of the mountains.

HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE:
Florea, Cornelia. 2024. “Laura Jiga Iliescu. 2020. Biserica de alături. Câteva rituri necercetate ale ciobanilor din Carpați. Studiu de etnologie asupra religiozității pastorale [The church next door. Unresearched rites of the Carpathian shepherds. Ethnological study of pastoral religiosity]. Iași: Institutul European, 226 p.” Martor 29, 248-51. [DOI: 10.57225/martor.2024.29.20]

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