Fifth annual conference of the SIEF working group on the ritual year
2-6 July, 2009, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
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Thursday, 2 July
9.00 – 10.00 Registration
10.00 – 10.30 Welcoming
Session 1
Theories and Practices
10.30 – 11.00
Laurent Sébastien Fournier
From Rites de Passage to Liminality: Changes in Theories and in Practice in French and Scottish Public Festivals
11.00 – 11.30
Emily Lyle The summer winter and decrease increase. Transitions in the year with their life-cycle equivalents
11.30 –12.00
Bronislava Kerbelytė
Rituals in the context of folk narratives
12.00 – 12.30 Coffee break
12.30 –13.00
Pierre Bertoncini
Corsica 2008. Why the Masks?
13.00 – 13.30
Tatiana Minniyakhmetova
Functional Differences of Masks in Traditional Rituals
13. 30 – 14. 00 Coffee break
Session 2
Modern masking in Baltic countries
14.00 – 14.30
Ekaterina Anastasova
Birthday Party with Masks in Latvia – Between Socialist Past and Democratic Present
14.30 - 15.00
Arūnas Vaicekauskas
Mask and modern society: "Thematic parties“
16.00 Reception at Kaunas City Hall
18.00 Guided tour in Kaunas Old Town
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Friday 3 July
Parallel Session 1 A 9.00 – 9.30
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Parallel Session 2 Ritual Year: Masks and Processions 9.00 – 9.30
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| Parallel session 1 B Ritual year: Tradition, Identity, Innovations 11.00 – 11.30 Lunch |
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| 14.00 – 14.30 Kamila Velkoborska Neo-Pagan Slavs in the Czech Republic: “We are not a Living History” 14.30 - 15.00 Aado Lintrop About some Udmurt Folk Calendar Holidays Connected with Pentecost 15.00 – 15.30 Taive Särg The Appearance of Local Identities in Celebration of St George's Day in Estonia
16.00 - 16.30
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14.00 – 14.30 15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break 16.00 – 16.30 |
18.00 – 19.00 Lithuanian Masks and Maskmakers: Workshop of the Žemaitija National Park (planed). |
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Saturday, 4 July
9.00 – 20.00 An excursion to the Open Air Museum at Rumšiškės (nearby Kaunas)
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Session 1
Masks and Rites de Passage
9.00 – 9.30
Molly Carter
Mask as Limen: Transformation and Transgression in the Mumming Performance-Encounter
9.30 - 10.00
Vesna Petreska
The Rituals with Masks in Macedonian Tradition from the viewpoint of Rites de Passage
10.00 – 10.30
Aida Rancane
The Renewal of Time - One of the Purposes of Disguise in Rites of Passage
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
Session 2
Masks and Performances
11.00 – 11.30
Gabriela Boangiu
Masks and Symbolic Dramatization within the Winter Customs in the Ethnographic Region of Oltenia, Romania
11.30–12.00
Maria Johanna Christina Krom
Mask and Performance in Folk Festivals of Moors and Christians in Portugal and Spain
12.00– 12.30
Grigor Grigorov
When “playing the Character” Means “Living as a Hero”
12. 30–13.00 Coffee break
13.00 – 13.30 Ending discussion of the conference
13.30 –14.00 Ritual Year working group's annual meeting
18.00 The final banquet with concert program
Note: The additional fee of 30 Euros for final banquet will be required
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Monday, 6 July
7.00 – 22.00 The guided tour to the Kryžių kalnas (Hill of the Crosses, nearby Šiauliai) and to Kuršių Nerija (Curonian Spit) National Park is planed
Note: The additional fee – 25 Euros – will be required
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Venue
Kaunas is the second biggest city in Lithuania with a population of more than 415,700. It was founded in the 12th century and owes its existence to its favourable geographic position. Kaunas is situated in the centre of Lithuania, at the confluence of the two biggest rivers, the Nemunas and the Neris, 100 km from the Lithuanian capital Vilnius and 250 km from the port city Klaipeda.
Papers from the conference will appear in The Ritual Year 5: The Power of the Mask. The Vytautas Magnus University will seek possibilities to publish this volume.
We look forward to seeing you in Kaunas!
Head of the Department of Ethnology and Folklore
Vytautas Magnus University
