Les rogations, une pratique processionnaire rituelle, protectrice de l´espace communautaire en Pays Basque nord

TRUFFAUT, Thierry
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Publication place:
- Donostia-San Sebastián
- ISBN:
- 84-8419-894-4
- ISSN:
- 1137-439X
Summary
Rogations are procession rites that used to have a considerable following in Iparralde in the past. Directed by priests, the procession would walk to richly decorated crosses. Crossing the whole of the territory, in every direction, they signified a declaration of identity abroad and they had the function of being a symbolic rampart. They appreciated looking for their origins in very ancient religious practices.Sing up and download the publications of Eusko Ikaskuntza
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