Open AccessBlack and white magic as cultural heritage: Ideas about Vlach magic among young people in Bor
Author(s) -
Lidija Radulović
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
etnoantropološki problemi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2334-8801
pISSN - 0353-1589
DOI - 10.21301/eap.v12i4.8
Subject(s) - magic (telescope) , ethnic group , anthropology , serbian , history , art , sociology , literature , ethnology , philosophy , linguistics , astronomy , physics
Serbian ethnology and anthropology is missing papers on folk belief and magic practices on black and white magic. This paper problematizes research on Vlach magic as an authentic and archaic culture of the ethnic Vlachs in North-Eastern Serbia. The first part of the paper deals with theoretical concepts of magic, while the second presents the results of research on the relationship between young people in Bor towards Vlach magic, as part of traditional folk religion and archaic cultural heritage which is still relevant today.