Letonica Nr. 18

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

• Dace Bula. Festivities and celebrations: processes of traditions in Latvia

ARTICLES

• Anda Beitāne. Festivities as a context for traditional music in the 21st century
• Dace Bula. The return of March 8: Celebrating womanhood in post-socialism
• Angelika Juško-Štekele. Semantic modifications of holidays in describing female reproductive taboos nowadays
• Baiba Krogzeme-Mosgorda. The tradition of Christmas/New Year cards. Texts and contexts
• Sergejs Kruks. The semiotization of the city: The political ritual and the market of monument building in the Soviet Latvia
• Toms Ķencis. Simulation of a festivity
• Sandis Laime. The celebration of herdsmen’s first night-watch and the sites of the Ūsiņš cult in eastern Latvia
• Aigars Lielbārdis. The common contexts of festivities and traditional magic: The Easter ritual of "tying up the hawk"
• Elga Melne. Everyday life and festivities in a life story from Vecsalaca
• Gatis Ozoliņš. Habitus of the contemporary Latvian 'Dievturi' groups
• leva Pīgozne-Brinkmane. Footwear as a part of the ancient festive dress
• Aīda Rancāne. Traditional Latvian masks - the restorers of time in rites of passage
• Beatrise Reidzāne. Etymologies of Latvian festivities and holidays: Problems
• Rita Treija. St. Agatha's miracles in popular traditions
• Māra Vīksna. Is Christmas a holiday for all? (Based on August Bielenstein's materials)

REVIEWS

• Sigma Ankrava. Herder’s legacy [D. Bula and S. Rieuwerts (eds.). Singing the Nations: Herders Legacy]
• Mārtiņš Boiko. A new publication in the series "Latvian Folk Music" [War Songs. A. Beitāne (ed.)]
• Arnolds Klotiņš. Ethno-musicology on serious paths [M. Boiko. Lithuanian sutartines and their Baltic contexts]
• Baiba Krogzeme-Mosgorda. A book on the folklore of Mālpils area [Three Silver Founts. Folklore of Mālpils area. Ieva Pauloviča (ed.)]
• Sandis Laime. A study on historical stones on the banks of the Daugava River [J. Urtāns. Historical Stones on the Daugava]
• Ilmārs Mežs. A double-CD with songs of Siberia's ethnic Estonians
• Rūta Muktupāvela. Culture at the point of intersection again [Cultural Points of Intersection. 4th issue]
• leva Pīgozne-Brinkmane. A huge step ahead in the research of ancient cult sites. [J. Urtāns. Ancient Cult Sites of Semigallia.]
• Ilze Stikāne. Beautiful songs. [L. Bērziņš. Beautiful Songs]
• Māra Vīksna. Remember Zlēkstende! [K. Gailis. Granny's songs in Zlēkstende. M. R. Gaile (ed.)]

SCHOLARLY LIFE, CONFERENCES

• Raimonds Briedis. A quest for a hidden treasure
• Toms Ķencis. A symposium on magic formulae
• Rita Treija. A new study and a new Dr. Phil.
• Ieva Vītola. Studying and promoting the non-tangible heritage of Liepna

IN MEMORIAM

• Māra Vīksna. In memoriam Mirdza Berzinska

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