Original scientific paper

Traditions Of Brač In Contemporary Ethnography

Vanda Babić orcid.org/0000-0002-7191-2133 ; Odjel za kroatistiku i slavistiku Sveučilišta u Zadru
Tea Kačić ; Tisna kala 6, Sutivan

Abstract

The authors present new (not yet published) oral stories and traditions in contemporary ethnography using Dragić’s story classification. The oral stories and traditions which were passed down from generation to generation for centuries: life stories, eschatological traditions, mythical traditions are still intensively narrated on this island. The life on the island is a life between blue sky and sea. The sea has greatly contributed to the oral literary wealth of the island of Brač. The inhabitants of each island including Brač due to the sea which surrounds them and which they love so much were closed in themselves, in their island enclave and the sea was an inspiration for mysticism, storytelling and oral literary creativity. These stories confirm that the oral literature of the island of Brač preserves cultural heritage as an amalgam of Croatian, Slavic, Antic and Mediterranean culture.

Keywords

etiological; mythological; eschatological; demonological traditions; life stories

Hrčak ID:

137863

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/137863

Publication date:

15.4.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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