The Place of Remembrance and Its National Character at a Franciscan Shrine – The Example of Csíksomlyó

Mohay, Tamás (2024) The Place of Remembrance and Its National Character at a Franciscan Shrine – The Example of Csíksomlyó. ACTA ETHNOGRAPHICA HUNGARICA, 69 (1). pp. 39-60. ISSN 1216-9803

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Abstract

Csíksomlyó (Șumuleu Ciuc), Romania, has been the home of a Franciscan monastic community for some six hundred years, and the community has been a noted pilgrimage destination since at least the mid-17th century, centered around the miraculous statue of the Virgin Mary. The most important festive day is the Saturday before Whit Sunday. The present paper examines the way in which it is transforming into a place of remembrance in the sense in which the concept was introduced by Pierre Nora. In the first section I describe the location ( locus ) itself – at once a monastic community, an administrative unit, a cultural center, a traditional votive procession venue and a modern-day pilgrimage destination, as well as a source of inspiration for a whole series of texts.

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