The Lazarki Procession in Inyevo, Radoviš: Ritual and Tradition in North Macedonia

dc.contributor.authorTamayo, Jose Antonio Lorenzo
dc.contributor.authorMadili, Meryem
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-15T08:29:21Z
dc.date.available2026-01-15T08:29:21Z
dc.date.issued2025-11-26
dc.description.abstractLazarus Day is an important springtime tradition among Orthodox Christians in the Balkans. In the Republic of North Macedonia, many villages mark the occasion with a ritual conducted by female performers, the lazarki . Traditionally, the lazarki visit each home in the village to bless family members by singing unique songs. This ethnographic work intends to explore and document the tradition in Inyevo, a lowland and upland community in the Municipality of Radovis. Compared to other villages in Macedonia, the lazarki in Inyevo perform two connected rituals conducted eight days before Palm Sunday. On a Saturday, the lazarki perform the willow picking and willow offering in the monasteries, while the traditional home visitations happen on a Sunday. In exploring and documenting the tradition, fieldwork was conducted between 27 and 28 April 2024. The fieldwork included interviews (i.e., with the performers, a local family, people in the village) and observation of the rituals performed by the lazarki . The Lazarki in Inyevo exemplifies a tradition evoking themes on gender, the contemporary role of women in rituals, and as a form of authentic expression of faith.           en
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dc.identifier.citationEthnographica et Folkloristica Carpathica, No. 27 (2025): European Traditions , 65-90
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.47516/ethnographica/27/2025/15614
dc.identifier.eissn2786-0841
dc.identifier.issn0139-0600
dc.identifier.issue27
dc.identifier.jtitleEthnographica et Folkloristica Carpathica
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/402373
dc.languageen
dc.relationhttps://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/ethnographica/article/view/15614
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
dc.rights.ownerEthnographica et Folkloristica Carpathica
dc.subjectLazarus dayen
dc.subjectlazarkien
dc.subjectOrthodox Christianityen
dc.subjectInyevoen
dc.subjectRepublic of North Macedoniaen
dc.titleThe Lazarki Procession in Inyevo, Radoviš: Ritual and Tradition in North Macedoniaen
dc.typefolyóiratcikkhu
dc.typearticleen
dc.type.detailedidegen nyelvű folyóiratközlemény hazai lapbanhu
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