Articol științific

Taking hold of the future: active childbirth practices and beliefs in Romania (in the home country and in migration), by Adina Hulubaş

The relatively recent urbanization process in Romania allowed traditional
knowledge to be transmitted, despite industrialization and technology
diffusion. Childbirth is still a mysterious event, and magic thinking fills in the
gaps of science in order to keep parents confident and at peace. Taboos are obeyed
after birth and before christening, only to reach the phase when the future can
be moulded: specific elements are chosen for the ritual bath, the child has to
touch several objects that would make them smart, a good singer, etc. A year
later, their future occupation will be predicted in a specific ceremony. All these
active practices are found in urbanites’ families, and also in Romanian immigrant
communities in Western Europe. Rituals are mostly compared to neighbouring
countries, but also to other distant cultures that show striking similarities. This
large geographical spread indicates Indo-European synergies. The identical form
of the post-liminal practice of haircutting in Eastern Europe and the Asian rite
of passage have not been previously dwelt upon, and it implies the existence of
traditional thinking universalia.
Keywords: birth customs, magic thinking, migration, rites, superstitions

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POLITICI DE INTEGRARE SOCIALĂ A MIGRANȚILOR ÎN CANADA

Abstract: Following the removing of visa requirement for Romanian citizens wishing to arrive in Canada, a growing number of fellow countrymen are considering migrating to the North American state. An immigrant integration model, with extensive experience in this field, Canadian integration policies demonstrate how this process is possible, by changing the perception of the immigrants’

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Связи Крыма с Причерноморьем и Средиземноморьем по данным античных памятников лапидарной эпиграфики (с особым акцентом на проксенических декретах) / Connections between the Crimea and Pontic and Mediterranean according to antique monuments of lapidar epigraphic (accentuating on the proxenic decrees)

Lucrarea a fost publicată în Крымская Скифия в системе культурных связей между Востоком и Западом (III в. до н. э. – VII в. н. э.): коллективная монография / Crimean Scythia in a system of cultural relations between East and West (3rd century BC to the 7th century AD): collective monograph, ed. by Askold Ivantchik and

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Germanii din România – migrație și patrimoniu cultural – prezentarea unui proiect de cercetare

Comunicarea fost susținută în cadrul manifestării științifice Sub semnul lui Clio, ediția a XIV-a, Sibiu 18 mai 2018, organizatori: Universitatea „Lucian Blaga” din Sibiu, Departamentul de Istorie, Patrimoniu și Teologie Protestantă.

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