ISLANDNESS AND THE RESILIENCE OF VERNACULAR RELIGIOUS RITUALS: An ethnological perspective.
This article ethnologically examines the resilience and social significance of two vernacular Roman Catholic religious rituals on Croatian islands—Hvar’s Passion procession *Following the Cross* (Za križen) and Rab’s Marian spring procession *Crosses* (Križi)—within the context of islandness, define...
| Publicado en: | Shima Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 137 - 162 |
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Philip Hayward
2026
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