Ethnography of three fertility rites and transmission of heritage: the construction of time in an Alpine territory

In the Eastern Alps the german community of Vinschgau still performs a lot of fertility rites. In the Klosen rite diabolic masks catch people with chains, donkey masks pinch the women and they make an acoustic paroxysm. In the Pflugziehen rite a plough is conducted ritually along the streets and the...

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Main Authors: Lia Giancristofaro, Marta Villa
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universitas Studiorum 2020-04-01
Series:Open Journal of Humanities
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Online Access:https://osf.io/yf4xm/