Cultural politics and the role of holiday – holiday of St. Juraj in Maruševec municipality

U ovom radu istražujem ulogu i značaj koji tradicija obilježavanja blagdana sv. Jurja ima u maruševečkoj zajednici danas, kontekstualiziram članove lokalne zajednice koji sudjeluju u različitim načinima obilježavanja blagdana i njihove uloge. Također i stavove mještana spram uloga i značenja koje spomenuto obilježavanje blagdana kao tradicije zajednice ima za njih. Kako bih došla do tih podataka osobno sam sudjelovala u obilježavanju blagdana, također na navedenom primjeru kroz ovaj rad nastojim ukazati na značaj nematerijalne kulturne baštine za određenu zajednicu. Osim kroz sudjelovanje u događanjima organiziranima unutar proslave blagdana, potrebne sam podatke prikupljala i kroz razgovor s mještanima i ostalim sudionicima proslave te intervjue. No, prije samog odlaska na teren i prikupljanja podataka, proučila sam relevantnu literaturu kako bih uopće stvorila ideju o relevantnosti određenih podataka i došla do pojmova čije je razumijevanje ključno za tijek i shvaćanje čitavog rada. Rada u kojem se naglasak stavlja na razumijevanje i ukazivanje na važnost očuvanja tradicije obilježavanja blagdana, njegovu ulogu u konstruiranju identiteta, kao i njegovih društvenih, obrazovnih, integrativnih i brojnih drugih uloga u zajednici koja taj blagdan slavi.In this paper I will explore the role and significance that celebrating the holiday of St. Juraj as tradition have for community today, contextualize members of local community who participate in different ways of celebrating holidays and their role in such way of celebrating. As well as their attitude towards the roles and meanings that such way of marking the holiday has in the community of the local municipality. In order to get this information, I participated in celebrating the feast of St. Jurja, also on the above mentioned example, through this work, I try to point out the importance of intangible cultural heritage for a particular community. Besides participating, I spoke with members of the community who celebrated the holiday to collect dana and also conducted interviews. But before going to the field and collecting the data, I studied the relevant literature, in order to create an idea of the relevance of certain data and definitions of key concepts, outlined in work, whose understanding is crucial to the course and comprehension of the whole work. A work that focuses on understanding and emphasizing the importance of preserving certain ways of marking the holidays as tradition of community. Which has very important role in designing of identities, as well as its social, educational, integrative and numerous other roles for the community that celebrate the holiday