Intersection of the Religious and the Secular: The Cemetery Festival in Latvia
This article addresses the commemoration of the deceased by examining a peculiar Latvian religious tradition—the cemetery festival. Latvian society is moving down the path to secularization. Participation in religious ritual practices could be expected to decrease in a predominately secular society....
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Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 2 |
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commemoration of the deceased
B gravesites B Secular B transformations in religious practices B Religious B cemetery festival B Death Rituals |
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