Old Rituals in New Cultural Environment. “Drowning of a Midwife” and “Hanging of a Matchmaker” in Lithuania and Western Belarus

In the analysis of baptism rituals in eastern Lithuania and western Belarus, I have repeatedly drawn attention to the similarity in the structure of individual traditional wedding and baptism rites and even the transition of some ritual acts from one ritual to another. The similarities noticed in th...

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Published in:	Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies
Main Author:	Rasa Račiūnaitė-Paužuolienė
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	ELM Scholarly Press 2022-12-01
Subjects:	baptism rituals belarus lithuania matchmaker midwife ritual purification symbolic death wedding rituals
Online Access:	https://www.folklore.ee/balkan_baltic_yearbook/YBBS/article/view/148/189