Ethnologica Dalmatica, Vol. 28 , 2021.
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Holy Innocent's Day In Hagiography And Croatian Cultural Anthropology
Marko Dragić
orcid.org/0000-0001-5362-6814
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu
Sažetak
The paper discusses Herod of Ascalon who ordered that all boys from one day up to the two years of life be killed. He thought that he would thus kill the newborn king Jesus Christ. However, the angel appeared in a dream to St. Joseph and told him to take Jesus and his mother and take refuge in Egypt. Thus, Jesus Christ was saved.
In memory of this event, Holy Innocent’s Day is celebrated since the 5th century. This memorial day is most often called by people Mladinci, Mladenci. The Catholic Church celebrates this memorial on the third day of Christmas. In Croatian traditional culture, religious and secular customs are associated with Holy Innocent’s Day. Children are blessed at solemn Holy Masses. It is a widespread custom among Croats to symbolically whip and give presents to children while they are still in bed. During the day, the children visit their neighbors, godparents, and relatives and beat them a little, and in return they receive gifts. The young men go to those homes where there are girls and lightly whip them. In some places, the grooms symbolically whip their wives. The customs are called mladičanje. It is a folk belief that those who take part in mladičanje will be healthy.
On Korčula, koleda songs are still performed in those homes where there are small children. In Blato on the island of Korčula these songs are called veselarske.
Ključne riječi
Herod; the massacre of the innocents; customs, mladičanje; koledas
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261377
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Datum izdavanja:
16.8.2021.
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