Vol. 11 No. 1 (2016): The Ritual Year 11: Traditions and Transformation

The eleventh volume in the series “The Ritual Year” is entitled “Traditions and Transformation”. These keywords define the principal areas explored in the issue—the preservation of archaic rituals and customs and the modifications that they are currently undergoing. The twenty-one articles by scholars from nine countries are based mainly on field research and demonstrate fundamental changes in the attitudes  towards local traditions in their preserved, revived, or invented versions.

Contents
Rozalinda Musina. Muslim Family Ceremonies in the Life of Contemporary Tatars: Traditions and Innovations
Terry Gunnell. The Development and Role of the Fjallkona (Mountain Woman) in Icelandic National Day Celebrations and Other Contexts
Helena Ruotsala. The Role and Meaning of Fictive Rituals in Cultural Tourism
Jonas Mardosa. Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Žolinė) in the Ethnoconfessionally Mixed Environment of Modern Vilnius
Ildikó Lehtinen. Mari Ritual Practices as Representation
Svetlana Amosova. Blood Libel Legend in Latgale: Types of Narratives
Lina Gergova. Russia and the USSR in the Bulgarian National Ritual Year
Bożena Gierek. Transformation in the Polish Festival of Harvest
Petko Hristov. Village Kurban as the Constructing of Local Identity and the Ritual Process in Post-Socialist Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia
Marlene Hugoson. Midwinter Masking: Place and Identity in an Ironworks Community
Aleksandra Ippolitova. Rituals of Herb-Gathering in M. Velyakov’s Manuscript of the 1890s: Transformation of Tradition
Elena Iugai. “From This Place You Cannot Hear Speech. From This Place You Cannot Receive a Letter”: The Letter-Message in Russian Funeral Lamentations
Mare Kõiva. The Ritual Year of Domestic Animals: Zoofolkloristic Aspects
Andres Kuperjanov. The Relationship Between the Folk Calendar and Folk Astronomy Heritage
Tatiana Minniyakhmetova. Sacred Rituals and Calendar Festivities in the Annual Cycle of Udmurts
Rasa Paukštytė-Šaknienė. The Family and the Ritual Year in the Modern Lithuanian City
Sergey Rychkov. Transformation of Festive Culture of the Russian Rural Population: Regional Dimension
Guzel Stolyarova; Alsu Enikeeva. Modern Folk Festivals in Tatarstan: The Paths of Development and Their Specific Features
Žilvytis Šaknys. Ethnic and Confessional Aspects of a Holiday in the City of Vilnius
Elena Uzeneva. The Calendar Rites of the Muslim Bulgarians— at the Crossroads of the Сultures
Liisa Vesik. The Evolution of Valentine’s Day in Socialist and Post-Socialist Times