Tamayo, Jose Antonio LorenzoMadili, Meryem2026-01-152026-01-152025-11-26Ethnographica et Folkloristica Carpathica, No. 27 (2025): European Traditions , 65-900139-0600https://hdl.handle.net/2437/402373Lazarus 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.           application/pdfLazarus daylazarkiOrthodox ChristianityInyevoRepublic of North MacedoniafolyóiratcikkOpen AccessEthnographica et Folkloristica Carpathicahttps://doi.org/10.47516/ethnographica/27/2025/15614Ethnographica et Folkloristica Carpathica272786-0841