Multi-local Actors of Change and Two Religious Sites in Northeast Bulgaria: Between Traditions and New Everyday Practices
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https://doi.org/10.3986/Traditio2023520303Keywords:
multi-local actors, cultural heritage, Northeast Bulgaria, everyday practices, religious sitesAbstract
The article analyses the correlations between the two rural religious sites – Akyazılı Baba Tekke (village of Obrochishte) and ‘St. Dimitar’ church (village of Gurkovo) in Northeast Bulgaria – and the multi-local actors of change that contribute to the transformation of local communities’ traditions and the emergence of new everyday practices. It is based on historical-ethnological research carried out in May 2022 that builds on earlier periodic observations.
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