THE SYMBOLIC FIELD OF THE MEMORY SPACE IN THE BUDAPEST CHINESE-HUNGARIAN BILINGUAL SCHOOL

Abstract

The current paper is based on a research which was carried out in the public Chinese-Hungarian bilingual school in the 15th district of Budapest. The bilingual school transmits cultural memory by organizing activities such as traditional Chinese festivals and rituals and integrating practices. The main objective of the paper is to present and to interpret the Festive ritual elements and those kinds of rituals that constitute the school’s symbolic field of memory

Keywords

• Chinese-Hungarian bilingual school
• collective memory
• festive rituals