« 2018. #5 (143)

The Ethnology Notebooks, 2018, № 5 (143), 1096—1105

DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/nz2018.05.1096

Received  12.10.2018

BREAD AND CLOTH IN UKRAINIAN RITUALITY: FUNCTIONS AND SEMANTICS

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5931-3816

Herus Liudmyla, Candidate of Sciences in Art Studies,

Senior Researcher

Folk Art Department

of the Institute of Ethnology

of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Svobody Avenue 15,  79000, Lviv, Ukraine.

Contacts: (067)2703221; e-mail: ina@mail.lviv.ua

 Abstrakt. The semantics and functions of brad and cloth in the context of ritual practices of Ukrainians are considered. Parallels with Slavic nations are outlined.

Keywords: ritual, custom, brad, cloth, function, semantics.

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