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THE RUSALIA CUSTOMS OF GEVGELIJA

Rusaliski obichai vo gevgelisko | Русалиски обичаи во гевгелиско

Directed by Blagoja Drnkov
Yugoslavia, 1957
Short, Documentary
  • 2121 minutes

Synopsis

A testimony to the performance of ritual dances. Although they were performed only during the so-called “unbaptized days”, the 12 days between Christmas and Epiphany in the Orthodox Christianity, these dances are associated by some researchers with the Roman rosaries.

Synopsis

A testimony to the performance of ritual dances. Although they were performed only during the so-called “unbaptized days”, the 12 days between Christmas and Epiphany in the Orthodox Christianity, these dances are associated by some researchers with the Roman rosaries.