| Titre | Entre mythe et histoire : symbolisme de la ville et de la croix dans le pèlerinage de Krăstov, en Bulgarie | |
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| Auteur | Galia VALTCHINOVA | |
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Revue | Revue des Etudes Slaves |
| Numéro | vol. 72, no 1-2, 2000 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Articles |
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| Page | 119-128 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Between myth and history : the city and the cross in the pilgrimage of Krastova gora in Bulgaria
The pilgrimage of Krastova gora in Southern Bulgaria is a propitious case for studying the ways historical myths are used in setting up and promoting devotional sites. As a matter of fact the founding legend of this Eastern-Orthodox pilgrimage is staged as an echo of the fall of Constantinople under the Ottomans (1453) reflecting both the historical process of Islamization and the presence of Muslims and Christians which is characteristic of the Rhodopes area. The study proceeds mainly through the analysis of texts collected from the pilgrims' booklets, the only authorized source to which most of the pilgrims usually refer when narrating or organizing their pilgrimage experience.
The first section of the paper introduces the local history and the present context of the pilgrimage. In the core section of the study, the author, in analysing the separate themes and the structure of the founding legend, is ultimately led to define the pattern of this type of pseudo-historical construction.
As to the methodology, this study combines an ethnographical approach with a historical proceeding, which points to the interaction between oral and written traditions as well as exploring the linkage system between the legendary themes and the present religious discourse. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | https://www.persee.fr/doc/slave_0080-2557_2000_num_72_1_6647 |
