“Unto our kin and posterity” – the festival of spiritual and material creativity of Dinaric Serbs, who colonized Vojvodina, as a rite of passage

Abstract

The research will focus on the “Unto our kin and posterity” Festival, which is the leading scenic presentation of Dinaric Serbs in Vojvodina. The festival enables a reinterpretation of the local-regional identities of Dinaric Serbs, and a public display and affirmation of their subcultural identity. The methodology used to approach the issue of importance and emphasis placed on the Festival as a singularly important event which features the infallible element of dance, is van Gennep’s concept of “rite of passage”, in its broader sense.

Keywords

• Festival
• rite of passage
• Dinaric Serbs in Vojvodina
• the practice of dancing
• identity
• semiotic model