Contribution to the study of the narrative code of calendar verbal rituals, on the basis of verbal code of ritual and customary complex "vodici" in Macedonia

Osnovni je cilj ovoga rada pokušaj pronalaženja i deskripcije narativnog koda kalendarskih usmenih rituala, definiranih kao „neotuđiva riječ žive sadašnjosti”. Pojmom narativni kôd određen je sustav pravila koji presudno utječu na principe izbora i kombinacije elemenata koji oblikuju (formiraju) priču, kao što su junaci, prostor, vrijeme i radnje. Izvori analize su usmeni rituali ekscerpirani iz obredno-običajnog kompleksa vodica u Makedoniji. Raščlamba je pokazala snažnu ovisnost unutartekstualne naracije (tj. priče koja oblikuje djelo usmenog folklora) od izvantekstualne (društvene i religijske). Koristeći se teorijama pamćenja religijskih skupina (Maurice Halbawchs), 2. kolektivnom i kulturnom memorijom (Jan Assmann, Astrid Erll) i 3.komemorativnim ceremonijama (Paul Connerton), prikazano je kako se osnivačke scene izvantekstualne društvene (promjena statusa) i religijske (određena uloga u proslavi) naracije čine prisutnima u obredno-običajnom kompleksu blagdana.The primary objective of the study is to find and describe the narrative code of calendar verbal rituals, defined as an unalienable word of the living present. The term narrative code determines a system of rules that has a crucial impact on defining the principles of selecting and combining the elements of the story, i.e. heroes, space, time and plot. The sources for the analysis are verbal rituals excerpted from the ritual and customary practice Vodice (epiphany) in Macedonia. The analysis demonstrated a strong dependence of intratextual narration (i.e. the story creating a work of verbal folklore) on extratextual narration (social and religious). Using the following theories: 1. the memory of religious groups (Maurice Halbawchs), 2. collective and cultural memory (Assmann Jan, Astrid Erll) and 3. commemorative ceremonies (Paul Connerton), has shown how the foundational scenes of extratextual social (change in status) and religious (defined role in the festivities) narration are present in the ritual and customary practice of the Feast of Epiphany