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Contemporary Notes on Traditional Heritage in Cera

Notes that can be found in this paper were taken in 2008 in the village of Cera which is located five kilometers from Unešić. In the paper contemporary notes on customs, rituals and folk beliefs connected to feast days throughout the year: Christmas Eve, Christmas, Epiphany, Carnival or mačkare, Palm Sunday, Easter, Saint Mark, Saint …

Lada and Ljeljo in the folklore of Croats and Slavic context

In Slavic mythology, Lada is the goddess of spring, youth and fertility, and her son Ljeljo is the God of love. Until 1950s Croats performed processions, ceremonies and songs in honour of these deities. However, these rituals and songs as well as other oral-literary forms remain in the folk memory. Many ritual lyric songs preserved …