TRADICIJSKA DUHOVNA KULTURNA BAŠTINA U ZAGORI

The thesis represents the mythical world stories and the former way of living, accompanied by the description of feasts of the Church year celebrated in Zagora. The initial part of the thesis related to holidays occurring during the whole year starts with Advent, including all the significant festivities until All Souls' Day. Folk customs regarding these celebrations as well as prayers directed to saints are also represented in this chapter. The following part talks about life of Zagora people through the 20th century where a big part of many different customs described here is not preserved. The last chapter is dedicated to superstitions and legends about fairies, mythological creatures, being a part of many oral traditions. At the end of the thesis, there's a dictionary with an explanation of all terms that have been used. All specified celebrations and folk customs are a part of tradition and cultural heritage of Dalmatian zagora, therefore they need to be preserved in order to be protected for the future generation.