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Der 9. Mai ist der weltweit wahrscheinlich am breitesten zelebrierte Kriegs-gedenktag und vor allem in Russland, den ehemaligen Sowjetrepubliken und Ländern mit großen russischsprachigen Bevölkerungsanteilen ein Volks-und Familienfest. Der 2015 gefeierte 70. Jahrestag des Kriegsendes 1945 war mit besonderer Emotionalität aufgeladen. Das Buch liefert eine Biographie dieses Tages, beschreibt Nachleben und Verwandlungen der sowjetischen Festkultur, gesellschaftliche Initiativen wie das »Unsterbliche Regiment«, den Kampf um das Kriegsgedenken in der Ukraine und anderen postsozia-listischen Staaten sowie die Bedeutung des sowjetisch geprägten Kriegsge-denkens im vereinten Deutschland. Aber auch die Bedeutung dieses Tages für das Selbstverständnis der russischsprachigen Minderheiten von Estland bis Deutschland wird betrachtet.

- by Mischa Gabowitsch and +2
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- Sociology, German Studies, Russian Studies, Ethnography
- by Johan Schimanski
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- Discourse Analysis, Media History, Arctic Discourses, Cultural Identity

This article is presented in the form of an illustrated memoire from the Greek bicentenary day (25 March 2021) and the way it was celebrated in Athens. As the Greek capital was under strict lockdown at the time, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the festivities were cancelled, with the exception of a military parade carried out through empty streets. The city's desolate landscape on that most symbolic day helps rethink Greek biopolitics in the days of postdemocracy.

- by Dimitris Plantzos
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- Greek History, Modern Greece, Modern Greek History, Street Art

The purpose of this article is to inquire into the causes and consequences, single events and long-term processes, of change in the notion and practice of Ottoman sultanic power representation during the reign of Mahmud II. The main organizing principle is the notion of modern ruler visibility – a composite concept, combining projected traits of personal character, with short-term and long-term imperatives of policy, both domestically and abroad. It incorporates not only a physical aspect – a monarch’s more active participation in public events and ceremonies – but also the more frequent occurrence of references to and discussions of his person in the press. The article disputes prevailing notions of the famous nineteenth-century Tanzimat reforms both in terms of their timing and nature. It does so through the medium of cyclical imperial royal ceremony, with a heightened sensitivity to its target audiences, both at home and abroad, on the basis of untapped Ottoman archival evidence, in combination with other, underutilized sources, such as memoirs and newspapers. In the process, this article breaks new ground regarding the relations between Ottoman non-Muslim subjects and the Ottoman ruler in the 1830s, and, by extension, the avenues of formation of group awareness in the Ottoman Empire leading over time to ethnonational consciousness.

- by Darin N Stephanov
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- Ottoman History, Nationalism, Minority Studies, Modernity

The number of cultural festivals organised globally has increased primarily due to their significance in celebrating and promoting community values, ideologies, identity and continuity. This mixed-method study aims to understand the role national identity and the associated emotions play in cultural festivals. It first investigates the rationale of organising festivals to celebrate postcolonial hybrid identities via a qualitative approach in Study 1, specifically regarding the ‘Macao International Parade’. It further tests a proposed framework via a quantitative approach in Study 2, which investigates the relationships between national identity, festivalscapes, festival satisfaction, hedonic value and re-patronising intention. This study implies that the cultural festival in Macao not only recognises a unique moment in history, but also contributes to strengthening the hybrid identity in postcolonial Macao. Based on these findings, both theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

- by Carol Zhang
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- National Identity, China, Festival Tourism, Macao

Resumen: El presente artículo estudia el cortejo festivo de las masca-radas en el contexto urbano de la ciudad de Sevilla. Se indaga sobre los antecedentes de este espectáculo, sus características formales y su relación con otras fiestas y la comedia. Se analiza los contenidos y el papel de la alegoría mitológica para la unidad temática de cada manifestación festiva. Por último, se reflexiona sobre la evolución de esta tipología festiva y los aspectos dinámicos y conflictivos de su desarrollo, en especial a lo largo del siglo XVIII. Palabras clave: Sevilla, celebraciones públicas, arte barroco, fiesta.
Abstract: This article studies the festive procession called masquerade in the city of Seville during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Investigate the history of these festivals, their formal characteristics and their relationship with other celebrations of this period. The work analyzes the content and role of the mythological allegory for the thematic unit of each festive event. Finally, the evolution of this type of festive ceremonies is examined, as well as conflicting aspects of its development, especially during the 18th century.

- by Borja Franco Llopis
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- Moriscos, Muslim-Christian Relation, Visual Arts, Otherness

The 1720 Imperial Circumcision Celebrations in Istanbul offers the first holistic examination of an Ottoman public festival through an in-depth inquiry into different components of the 1720 event. Through a critical and combined analysis of the hitherto unknown archival sources along with the textual and pictorial narratives on the topic, the book vividly illustrates the festival’s organizational details and preparations, its complex rites (related to consumption, exchange, competition), and its representation in court-commissioned illustrated festival books (sūrnāmes).
To analyze all these phases in a holistic manner, the book employs an interdisciplinary approach by using the methodological tools of history, art history, and performance studies and thus, provides a new methodological and conceptual framework for the study of Ottoman celebrations.

Resumo: Este artigo analisa o processo histórico de constituição de um grupo intelectual no Pará dos anos de 1920, responsável pela revisão e atualização do campo literário e artístico local, a partir de um diálogo com as matrizes intelectuais do chamado modernismo. Nos quadros das comemorações do Centenário da Independência do Brasil, em 1922, esses literatos ajudaram a inventar não somente o que chamavam de literatura moderna, mas também uma certa leitura da história da nação, balizada em premissas estéticas e nacionalistas, assim como no intenso cotidiano de festas e datas cívicas.
Palavras-chave: Modernismo; Pará; centenário da Independência; literatura, século XX
Abstract: This article analyses the constitution of an intellectual group in the province of Pará (Brazil), in the beginning of the twentieth century. This group endeavoured the revision and actualization of the literary and artistic local canon from a dialogue with the main intellectual basis of the modernism. Within the celebration of the first centenary of Brazilian independence (1922), these men of letters took part in the invention not only of a modern literature, but also of a particular perspective of the history of the Brazilian nation. Keywords: Modernism; Pará (Brazil); Independence anniversary; literature; twentieth century

- by Aldrin Figueiredo
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- Art History, Art, Modernism (Literature), National Identity

In Russian. Overview of an international multi-sited ethnography of Victory Day celebrations in 11 countries conducted in 2013, introducing a journal section with selected papers from that project. Detailed discussion of the scholarly... more

- by Mischa Gabowitsch
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- Russian Studies, Belarusian Studies, Bulgaria, Memory Studies

In late July 1720 Sultan Ahmed III (r.1703-1730) and his high-ranking officials took the decision to host a circumcision festival in Istanbul that would start in mid-September and continue for three-weeks. As the narrative sources mentioned, among various other preparations that the officials had to take care of, the most urgent one was to construct big and small naḫıls (lit. “date palms”), consisting of wooden poles decorated with wax, fruit, flowers, and giant scale candy gardens (sing. bāġçe-i şeker). Despite this concern, the authors did not provide substantial information related to the construction process of these objects. Interestingly, this lack of information is also seen in other narrative sources on previous imperial celebrations. Based on an analysis of unknown archival documents and on a comparison with the textual and pictorial sources related to the 1720 festival, this essay intends to elucidate the design and construction process of these splendid objects, which were indispensable material forms of Ottoman imperial festivals.

- by Sinem Erdoğan İşkorkutan
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- Design, Male Circumcision, Symbolism, Fertility

Ganesha is one among the group of five Hindu gods, and considered as initiator and protector of all the rituals and happenings. His birthday is celebrated most popularly as Ganesh Chaturthi, falling on Bhadrapada Shukla (waxing-light-half, August-September) 4th in the lunar calendar. Installing idol of Ganesha, and followed-up rituals, group chanting and performances altogether make the environment serene where humanity and divinity meet, resulting to provide blissful happiness and promote social cohesiveness and cultural integrity. The story of Ganesh Chaturthi goes back in the ancient past of Vedic period. In spite of all the modernisation and transformation in lifestyles and cultural adaptation, Ganesh Chaturthi has maintained its essence of traditional glory.
Keywords: Ganesha Chaturthi, Hindu Lunar month, Vedic period, Vinayaka, seasonality, Ganeshotsava, festival time, Bhadrapada Shukla.

- by Rana P.B. SINGH
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- Pilgrimage, Intangible cultural heritage, Public Celebration, Ganesha

RESUMEN Este artículo analiza el impacto visual y artístico que la victoria de Viena sobre los turcos en 1683 tuvo en España. Se estudia el modo en que se construyen las imágenes de la ocasión histórica, y la forma en que literatura y fiestas convierten el relato histórico en construcciones alegóricas complejas, de tal modo que se convierta en un discurso para la exaltación de la monarquía y sobre todo, del triunfo de la iglesia. ABSTRACT This article analyses the visual and artistic impact that Vienna's defeat of Turkish forces in 1683 had in Spain, and studies the way in which images were constructed from the historical event. It also looks at how literature and public celebrations convert the historical event into elaborate allegorical constructions, using it to create a discourse exalting the monarchy and the triumph of the Catholic Church.

- by Jane Bridgeman
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- Gender, Italian Renaissance Art, Dress and identity, Medieval Italy

The Slovak National Uprising in 1944 was an important act of military resistance against the collaboration of the Tiso regime with Nazi Germany. It was initiated by members of the Civic movement and to a lesser extent by the Communists, and was eventually brutally crushed by the SS, the Wehrmacht, and pro-Nazi Slovak forces. The insurrection is hardly remembered outside of Slovakia although it became an important lieu de mémoire for Slovak nation-building. Nevertheless, academic studies as well as public history and remembrance of the event was and still is highly controversial. The reason for these disputes are manifold. They are rooted on the one hand in the entrenched hegemonic Communist reading, which created a partisan myth around the uprising while minimising the role of the Civic resistance, and on the other hand in the different representations and interpretations in Czech, Czechoslovak, and Slovak historiographies, which in their respective orientations and ideologies attribute different functions to the uprising. Slovak ultra-nationalist narratives also play their role, seeing the revolt as an international conspiracy against independent Slovakia to re-establish a centralist Czechoslovak Republic. In different periods and power constellations – 1945, 1945–1948, 1948–1968, 1968/1969, after 1969 and 1989 – these various interpretations prevailed or stood at stake, and the fighters of the uprising were either “celebrated” or “cursed”.

- by Miroslav Michela
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- Museum Studies, Czech History, History and Memory, Slovak

नए साल 2021 पर हमारी तमन्ना
नया साल 2021 आ पहुंचा है, गुज़रे साल हमारे प्रजातान्त्रिक-धर्म निरपेक्ष देश और इस के आम लोगों की हिन्दुत्वादी शासकों ने बेमिसाल दुर्गति की है। आइए नए साल पर यह संकल्प लें कि हिन्दुत्ववादी शासकों की इस टोली की समाज विरोधी और देश विरोधी योजनाओं को कामयाब नहीं होने देंगे।
हम लड़ेंगे उसी जज़्बे से जिस से हमारे देश के के अन्नदाता हिन्दुत्वादी टोली से लोहा ले रहे हैं!
نئے سال2021 پر ھماری تمننا
نیا سال 2021 آپہنچا ہے، پچھلے سال ہمارے جمہوری ملک اور اس کے لوگوں کو ہندتووادی حکمرانوں نے بے مِثال برباد کیا ہے۔ آئیے نئے سال پر یہ عہد کریں کہ ہندتووادی حکمرانوں کی اس ٹولی کے معاشرہ مخالف اور ملک کو بانٹنے والے منصوبے کو کامیاب نہیں ہونےدیں گے۔
ہم لڑینگے اسی جذبے سے جس سے ہمارے دیش کے ان داتا ہندتوادی ٹولی سے لوہا لے رہے ہیں!
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- by Shamsul Islam
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- Popular Culture, Culture, Indian Politics, Religious Persecution

A Venezia, nel 1572, venne pubblicata una "Oratione funebre" per i patrizi veneziani morti durante la Battaglia di Lepanto. Il suo autore, Paolo Paruta (1540-1598), era in quel momento pressoché sconosciuto; tale testo continua a rivelare... more

Nel 1584 l’opera venne ripubblicata da Altobello Salicato, probabilmente senza il consenso dell’autore.
Molto probabilmente l’orazione non venne mai pronunciata (come invece hanno pensato quasi tutti i critici, fino a questo momento): come già ipotizzato da Marazzini nel 1998, una grande molte di prove storiche e retoriche fanno credere che al contrario l’"Oratione Funebre" parutiana un testo intrinsecamente scritto, e non orale. Tale la conclusione di un’approfondita analisi delle fonti storiche riguardanti i festeggiamenti a Venezia in occasione della vittoria di Lepanto (1571).
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In 1572, an "Oratione funebre" for the Venetian noblemen fallen in the Battle of Lepanto (1571) was published in Venice. At that time its author, Paolo Paruta (1540-1598), was an unknown writer, and this text is still problematic, for almost two reasons: 1) its editorial history; 2) its diamesic status.
In 1584 a second edition of "Oratione Funebre" was published by Altobello Salicato, probably without Paruta’s consent.
Up to now, the most part of scholars believed that the oration was delivered, yet most likely it wasn’t: as assumed by Marazzini 1998, a lot of historical and rhetorical evidences proof that Paruta’s "Oratione Funebre" is just a written text, not an oral one. This is the final result of a thorough examination of the historical sources about the Venetian celebration for the victory of Lepanto (1571).

- by Marco Giani
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- Ottoman History, Early Modern History, Renaissance Studies, Renaissance Humanism

This article analyzes various aspects of the complex staging of Abdülmecid’s 1846 tour of Rumelia, evaluates the immediate response it elicits from local Orthodox Christian Bulgars, and traces its momentous long-term impact on the shaping of the Bulgar community’s self-conception. The article places Abdülmecid’s tour within the larger context of his predecessor’s groundbreaking series of imperial tours of the 1830s, and the still larger context of Mahmud II’s far-reaching shift towards ruler visibility after his abolition of the Janissaries in 1826. This overarching process, which relied crucially on the annual royal birthday (veladet) and accession-day (culus) celebrations in the Ottoman capital, the provinces, and abroad (first held in 1836), began, in the author’s view, as yet another type of centralization – of subject (especially, non-Muslim) loyalties. It created an unprecedented avenue for direct regularized symbolic interaction between the ruler and the ruled, core and periphery of Ottoman society on the basis of innovative conceptions and practices of (inclusive) faith and (universal) kingship. Among non-Muslims, the broadening range of local celebrations of the center forged vertical ties of loyalty to the monarch, which were quite successful for at least two or three decades in the mid-nineteenth century. At the same time, it provided a vital venue for the expression of communal interests and the crystallization of communal agendas.
In the final analysis, this article lays out in broad strokes a new framework for the study of the advent and nature of modernity and the ethno-national mindset at the popular level in the mid-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire.

- by Darin N Stephanov
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- Ottoman History, Ottoman Studies, Love, Ottoman Empire

Der 9. Mai ist für Russland und die anderen Nachfolgestaaten der Sowjetunion viel mehr als Anlass für große Militärparaden – eine Tradition des Gedenkens, die Menschen aus diesen Ländern auch nach Deutschland getragen haben. Die meisten... more

Der 9. Mai ist für Russland und die anderen Nachfolgestaaten der Sowjetunion viel mehr als Anlass für große
Militärparaden – eine Tradition des Gedenkens, die Menschen aus diesen Ländern auch nach Deutschland getragen haben.
Die meisten Mitbürger bekommen davon nichts mit. Er wäre gut, wenn sich das änderte.

Celebrare ed eternare la memoria pubblica di singole personalità, di eventi, di gruppi familiari è una costante che possiamo riscontrare in tutta la storia di Roma antica. Monumenti, immagini e simboli si ripetono o si moltiplicano, invadono la sfera della politica e del consenso al potere, compongono opere nelle quali strutture, immagini e parole si intrecciano fra loro per dar corpo a un vero e proprio linguaggio che ha le sue regole ma anche le sue improvvise innovazioni. Dalla statua iconica ai più complessi monumenti che celebrano imperatori, personalità eminenti, gentes o avvenimenti memorabili la casistica è complessa. Trofei e archi onorari, cicli figurativi nei fori o nelle basiliche, rilievi storici e sequenze dinastiche costituiscono un insieme di strumenti “parlanti” che occupano gli spazi pubblici delle città dell’impero, non solo di Roma stessa. E proprio sugli spazi della celebrazione come componente essenziale dei significati di questi monumenti occorre soffermarsi con particolare attenzione, per comprendere appieno l’uso anche politico che di questi segni il potere di Roma ha fatto.
Il volume raccoglie venti diversi contributi dedicati a queste tematiche, scritti nell’arco di alcuni decenni e ora per la prima volta riuniti, secondo una sequenza di contenuti opportunamente organizzata: la concezione della celebrazione nel mondo romano, i luoghi della celebrazione, monumenti e immagini nella sfera pubblica, i riflessi nella sfera privata e domestica.

- by Sandro De Maria
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- Roman History, Roman Sculpture, Roman Architecture, Public Celebration

Introduction to the special issue on "The Materiality of Festivities"

- by Isabel Machado
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- Festivals, Material Culture & Materiality, Festivity, Public Celebration

RESUMEN: Las instituciones urbanas de la Edad Moderna, tanto las religiosas como las civiles, encontraron en las celebraciones y ceremonias públicas un medio para exhibir su poder y su prestigio ante el pueblo, pero sobre todo ante las demás instituciones. Con frecuencia, las ceremonias se convirtieron en motivo de discusión entre las instituciones locales por alteraciones en el protocolo u otros incumplimientos del ceremonial; en ocasiones las discusiones dieron lugar a pleitos que debieron solucionar los tribunales. Más allá de los posibles detalles particulares de cada caso, tales conflictos ponen de manifiesto el interés de las instituciones por defender sus ámbitos jurisdiccionales, sus prerrogativas y su posición jerárquica, en el contexto de una sociedad en la que la apariencia y el modo de presentarse podía resultar determinante para el mantenimiento del propio estatus. Estas cuestiones se estudiarán tomando como ejemplo algunos de los conflictos que tuvieron lugar en Santiago de Compostela (España) en el siglo XVIII. // ABSTRACT: The urban institutions of the Early Modern Age, both religious and civil, found in the celebrations and public ceremonies a means to show their power and prestige to the people, but specially to the other institutions. Often, ceremonies became a reason for discussion between local institutions for alterations in the protocol or other breaches of ceremonial; sometimes the discussions gave rise to lawsuits that the courts had to solve. Beyond the possible particular details of each case, such conflicts reveal the interest of the institutions in defending their jurisdictional areas, their prerogatives and their hierarchical positions, in the context of a society in which the appearance and the way of presentation could be determinant for the maintenance of own status. These questions will be studied taking as an example some of the conflicts that took place in Santiago de Compostela (Spain) in the 18th century.

- by Magallánica Revista de Historia Moderna and +1
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- Galician Studies, XVIII century, Fiestas y celebraciones, Monarquía Hispánica

Este artigo tem como objetivo traçar uma reflexão sobre o dia 10 de Junho a partir da análise de dois escritos que se referem diretamente ao feriado e que servirão também de auxílio para uma contextualização da sua história. Os textos são o discurso proferido em 1977 por Ramalho Eanes, então Presidente da República, em ocasião das reassumidas celebrações depois do 25 de Abril, e o livro de António Cravo, O 10 de Junho. Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas e o seu significado, publicado em 1998. Tendo como base algumas referências dos Diaspora Studies, bem como as considerações de um ensaio de Eduardo Lourenço, escrito em 1977, intitulado "A emigração como mito e os mitos da emigração", a reflexão aqui proposta tenciona interrogar a representação da emigração portuguesa no dia desta celebração a partir do presente, isto é, tendo em conta que Portugal é hoje um país de emigração numa contemporaneidade pós-imperial, pós-colonial e europeia. Palavras-chave: 10 de Junho; emigração portuguesa; contemporaneidade. Introdução O principal objetivo deste trabalho é traçar uma reflexão sobre o 10 de Junho a partir da análise de duas fontes textuais que se referem diretamente a esse dia e que servirão também de auxílio para uma contextualização da sua história. Na base da análise proposta estão o pensamento e a redefinição teórica do conceito de diáspora, pensado a partir do contexto transmigratório contemporâneo, bem como as considerações de um ensaio de Eduardo Lourenço sobre o fenómeno migratório português escrito em 1977 e intitulado "A emigração como mito e os mitos da emigração" (2013a: 118-126).

- by Martina Matozzi
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- Cultural Studies, Cultural Memory, Portuguese migration, Public Celebration

The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to a well-documented and historically significant phenomenon, which has so far received insufficient scholarly attention -the concerted effort of mid-to late-nineteenth-century monarchs in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere to bypass long-standing local intermediaries and appeal directly to the hearts and minds of their subjects throughout the far-flung imperial domains in ways and on a scale never seen before. This paper introduces the main issues at hand and hints at some of their implications by providing an illustration and a sort of thematic overview of the dynamics of one particular 'ruler'-'ruled' constellation, namely, of the Romanov Emperor Nicholas I and his subjects from the Grand Duchy of Finland. Of particular interest is the process of mental centralization, which paralleled, by deliberate design, other ongoing forms of centralizationfiscal, administrative, infrastructural and so on. This process was made possible, and for decades on end successful, by the secular public ruler celebrations. As it turns out, their list only got longer, while their size and degree of territorial penetration grew spectacularly over the course of the nineteenth century. In terms of frequency, there is a wide range -one can speak of one-time, annual, weekly, or even daily ceremonial events. Examples of the first type include royal births, oaths, weddings, deaths, accessions and coronations, among others.

- by Darin N Stephanov
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- Peasant Studies, Imperial History, Russian History, Imperial Russia

The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to a well-documented and historically significant phenomenon, which has so far received insufficient scholarly attention – the concerted effort of mid- to late-nineteenth-century monarchs in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere to bypass long-standing local intermediaries and appeal directly to the hearts and minds of their subjects throughout the far-flung imperial domains in ways and on a scale never seen before. This paper introduces the main issues at hand and hints at some of their implications by providing an illustration and a sort of thematic overview of the dynamics of one particular ‘ruler’-‘ruled’ constellation, namely, of the Romanov Emperor Nicholas I and his subjects from the Grand Duchy of Finland. Of particular interest is the process of mental centralization, which paralleled, by deliberate design, other ongoing forms of centralization – fiscal, administrative, infrastructural and so on. This process was made possible, and for decades on end successful, by the secular public ruler celebrations. As it turns out, their list only got longer, while their size and degree of territorial penetration grew spectacularly over the course of the nineteenth century. In terms of frequency, there is a wide range – one can speak of one-time, annual, weekly, or even daily ceremonial events. Examples of the first type include royal births, oaths, weddings, deaths, accessions and coronations, among others. Most of these have been analyzed brilliantly and exhaustively by Richard Wortman, although it must be pointed out, within the capital alone. Examples of the second type include royal (and dynastic) birthdays, accession, coronation and name days. These, in addition to the periodic imperial tours, which Wortman has also treated to some extent, will be the focus of this paper.

This paper deals with the cultural role that played the fall of the titans’ as a political allegory of the Portuguese monarchy against
Islam. The aim of this research is to reconstruct, with a diachronic approach, the iconography of the titans (Adamastor, Atlas), in general, and
the titanomachy, in particular, at the Lisbon court, that was applied generally in the ephemeral decorations of the Portuguese regal entries
during the Early Modern period (16th - 18th centuries).

- by Borja Franco Llopis
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- Iconography, Renaissance Studies, Moriscos, Baroque art and architecture

2018 no será ni nuevo ni feliz-Rebelion https://rebelion.org/2018-no-sera-ni-nuevo-ni-feliz/ 1/3 Recomiendo: Por Louis Yako | 09/01/2018 | Opinión Traducido del inglés por Nora Fernández. Después de una larga re exión con una querida amiga sobre algunas di cultades que encontró el 2017, terminó con la frase típica, «esperemos que el 2018 sea un año mejor». No sé por qué esta frase me suena a fracaso y desesperanza. Es una frase que mucha gente repite año tras año incluso aunque profundamente dentro de sí saben que es una falsa forma de optimismo con la que nos consolamos, como un niño asustado canta en el callejón para distraerse de la oscuridad. Es una forma de encontrar consuelo sobre la realidad de que la mayoría de nosotros somos rehenes en manos de unas pocas élites económica y políticamente opresivas que nos sofocan. Por lo tanto, vayamos directamente a las malas nuevas sin engañarnos más: 2018 no será un año nuevo ni feliz mientras estemos gobernados por los mismos belicistas que buscan destruir todo lo que nos es signi cante y bello en nuestra hermosa Tierra. A quienes controlan el poder les encanta que nos agarremos a ese falso optimismo año a año, en vez de rebelarnos contra estas gastadas celebraciones. Les encanta ver millones de consumidores sin mente atacar los mercados para comprar y consumir más regalos brillantes y resplandecientes, como si fueran señales genuinas de amor y preocupación entre nosotros. Les encanta cuando nos callamos y seguimos como si tal cosa mientras «esperamos un año mejor». Por eso, declaremos fuerte y claro: ¡No somos felices! Y que no hay nada nuevo en estas celebraciones tradicionales secuestradas por la gente de negocios que las han reducido a nada más que una excusa para consumir bienes. Necesitamos cambiar, rebelarnos como hizo Jesús en el templo cuando echó, con rabia justi cada, a todos quienes allí vendían y compraban. Navidad y Año Nuevo no deberían ser una dosis temporal de heroína que apacigua a la gente y los pone a consumir bienes, ir de vacaciones o sentarse con la familia y amigos a cenar en las mesas de la trivialidad o a presumir «logros» o a compartir historias patéticas sobre «cambiar el mundo.» Así, el asunto más importante que hay que considerar mientras nos aprontamos a enterrar el cuerpo de otro precioso año es: ¿Puede un año nuevo ser realmente feliz con toda la injusticia que pasa en el mundo bajo nuestra mirada? No es un asunto analítico o académico. Es una realidad oscura que debería ser penosamente obvia para cualquier persona que tenga un corazón que late. Si hay alguna exactitud en las palabras de William Faulkner «el pasado nunca está muerto. No es ni pasado», entonces sigue que el 2018 no será un año feliz mientras las causas de la miseria humana, guerras y destrucción existan, y mientras 2018 no será ni nuevo ni feliz Fuentes: Counterpunch

- by Louis Yako
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- Refugee Studies, Race and Racism, War Studies, Consumerism

What is a holiday in 21st Century in Slovakia? (On the possibilities of ethnological research)
The study presents the contemporary stage of research in Slovak ethnology concerning the study of the
phenomenon called holiday. Apart from the empirical study of particular everyday contexts of the word holiday in
public discourse (press, electronic media, and informal as well as formal human communication) the author has
decided to use the description of the social practices connected with labelling some moments as holidays. . She
also considers the development and expansion of information media and contemporary ways of information
distribution between the individuals involved. The author defines the “working version” of the term holiday
connected with this ethnological project as a moment or cyclically repeating time period of various length, (1) when
something important or extraordinary happens or people commemorate something important or extraordinary, (2)
when people assume or evocate concrete, in a certain manner normative ways of behaviour and (3) to which
people use to ascribe symbolical meanings of various intensity. The study of holiday as social phenomenon as well
as the ethnological analysis heading towards the recognition of contemporary Slovak society is based on several
concepts well known in the social sciences. The author considers as central? the theory of epidemiology of
representations and the concept of cultural representation by Dan Sperber, the ritual theory by Catherine Bell, the
theory of state monopoly concerning the symbolical violence by Pierre Bourdieu as well as the concept of
symbolical logic of the festive performance of people in modern societies as presented by the sociologist Jan
Keller. Through the research of holiday the ethnology plans to reach the mechanisms of the instrumentality of
economic, political and other factors that are influencing the social processes in Slovak society, gain knowledge
about the power distribution, the existence and forms of manifestation of hierarchies and affiliations inside of the
society, mechanisms of the collective and individual identifications as well as the contemporary ways of
communication of factual and symbolical information in culture.

- by Katarina Popelkova
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- Ritual, Holidays, Public Celebration

Poder y pirotecnia, artesanos y mapuches: apogeo barroco de las proclamaciones reales en Santiago de Chile, 1760-1789 JAIME VALENZUELA MÁRQUEZ La racionalidad política y el pragmatismo económico que los Borbones imprimieron en el funcionamiento burocrático del imperio español fue a la par con la revitalización de la figura del rey, a partir de la tradición del barroco cortesano francés, que había alcanzado su cúspide bajo el reinado de Luis XIV y que ahora podía instalarse en la península con la nueva casa gobernante. A lo largo del siglo XVIII, las celebraciones ligadas a la monarquía experimentarían una enérgica y progresiva reorientación hacia la figura específica del monarca de turno, desplazando a un segundo plano el espíritu más impersonal e institucional con que las celebraciones habían revestido al cuerpo místico del sistema bajo los Habsburgo.

This thesis deals with the place of holidays in Czechoslovakia after “the Victorious February” in 1948 and mainly in the fifties of 20th century. It shows their relationship to ideology, propaganda, their influence on forming of national image and historical myths. Based on the study of laws it focuses on the development of holidays rights from the end of World War II to the end of the fifties. It is focused on changes in the festive calendar of Czechoslovak population, which were influenced by national and foreign political relations.

- by Zuzana Hasarová
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- Propaganda, Ideology, Communism, 20th century (History)

Em 17 de março de 1870 chegou ao Rio de Janeiro a notícia da morte de Francisco Solano López e, portanto, o almejado fim da longa guerra contra o Paraguai. A essa altura, a Corte já estava em festa pelo regresso dos batalhões de Voluntários da Pátria e os festejos comemorativos da vitória durariam até meados do ano, quando da festa oficial organizada pelo governo, que foi enfim realizada no dia 10 de julho. Já há alguns estudos sobre essas festas cívicas, destacando a festa oficial (que foi sem dúvida um grande fracasso), mas ainda não foi levada em conta a dimensão política dessas festas. 2 As festas cívicas imperiais eram sempre festas políticas, durante as quais os partidos políticos, através da imprensa, debatiam os significados da efeméride comemorada e procuravam desqualificar as comemorações organizadas por seus rivais. Através da discussão sobre os que participavam das festas, debatia-se a natureza da nação brasileira e, por vezes, revelava-se a participação de um amplo leque da população urbana na política. 3 As festas da primeira metade de 1870 não fugiam dessa regra e, de forma a demonstrar tal fato, apresentarei uma narrativa delas na qual destacarei alguns temas-chaves. Houve duas rodadas

- by Hendrik Kraay
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- Brazilian History, Fiestas y celebraciones, Guerra do Paraguai, History of Brazil
- by Darin N Stephanov
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- Ottoman History, Nationalism, Ottoman Studies, Minority Studies
- by Stella Ghervas
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- History, European History, Modern History, Diplomatic History
- by Dirk G. Van Waelderen
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- Austrian Netherlands, Brussels, Turks, Public Celebration

The concept of the celebration is considered in terms of emotional con-
tent. Various types of celebrations are compared; it is shown that the content of the celebration can be both emotions of "joy - pride", and feelings of sadness, anger, and so on. It is concluded that the emotional content of the celebration (in contrast to other events) consists in a high intensity of experiences. The article considers the principles linking the emotional content of the celebration with the characteristics of the architectural object and the properties of the space in which the celebration takes place.
Keywords: celebration; emotions; experiences; events; architecture;
architectural space.

- by Konstantin Lidin
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- Cultural History, Architecture, Cultural Theory, Urban Studies
- by Hiral Ravia
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- Policy Analysis/Policy Studies, Cultural Policy, Foreign Policy Analysis, Diasporas

Palabras clave: protestantismo, arte ef ímero, herejía, Portugal, Edad Moderna.

- by Borja Franco Llopis
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- Iconography, Renaissance History, Visual Culture, Protestantism
- by Borja Franco Llopis
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- Cultural Studies, Renaissance Studies, Otherness, Ephemeral architecture

Here are links to documentation of Morrow's Events and Spectacles expanding on the recent Toot! triple CD and Toot too! LP. Charles Bernstein's 1989 introduction to Morrow's catalog of works details the productions within Morrow's... more

- by charles morrow
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- Performance Studies, Public Art, Composition (Music), Public Celebration