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Celebration of the Cult of St. Nicholas in Bari. Traditions and Rituals and their Significance for Local Inhabitants.
Zábranská, Agáta ; Sochorová, Ludmila (advisor) ; Pargač, Jan (referee)
in English The aim of present bachelor thesis is to observ, describe and analyze the phenomenon of the Cult of St. Nicholas in Bari, who is also patron saint of the town. The thesis discusses the tradition as a religious, cultural, historical and social event as well as its meaning for the local people, especially the young generation. The methods used in the thesis consisted of the analysis and interpretation of questionnaires, literature and field research. The thesis is also concerned with the mentality of the people from southern and easternmost part of Italy. Saint Nicholas represents the symbol of unity and identification for local people, as well as the bridge between eastern and western world. He is also seen as patron saint of dialogue and peace. The Cult and its celebrations still connect people, believers and also no-believers in these days and has also become important for many pilgrims from all over the world. The object was to observ rituals as a symbolic translation, processions and also to describe traditional costumes and local cuisine and entertainment. The conclusion of the thesis contemplates the meaning of the celebrations in present-day globalised and chaotic world and also how far the tradition has retained its religious and spiritual character and how far it has rather become...
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Islamic and media territory
Kostelecká, Lenka ; Pargač, Jan (advisor) ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (referee)
1 Currently, the media perform a very controversial function, which is still to be evaluated, and it cannot be assumed yet, that the media would be able to react adequately at the state of relations between Europe and Islam. In its quest for objectivity of description, the media are unable to meet the requirement of the so-called Second Modernity, i.e., to investigate their own interpretive framework set behind references and resources, that shape the media and allow them to act as an intermediary between what they refer about, and to whom they refer. All of this somehow without knowing, what brings the possibility of conveying something through communication. It's just a different, more differentiated phase of trying and searching to find the way to the so-called implicit knowledge, by which some discourses are able to emancipate from stereotypical schemas and patterns of coupling, the separation and formation of statements about reality. Thus, the contemporary commentators of the European and Islamic relations are faced with analogous problems, as the media: i.e., in-compatibility, self-referencing and tacit assumptions of knowledge. If we already talked about the double differential explanatory schema of Europe and its relation to Islam, we mentioned two essential aspects: The first is forming or...
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Czech Banat at the beginning of the 21st century
Traxmandl, Jiří ; Pargač, Jan (advisor) ; Hejzlarová, Tereza (referee)
The Czech Banat at the beginning of hte 21st century This thesis deals with the life of Czech compatriots in Romanian Banat. It shows the settlement of this area, the emergence of Czech villages and life in them. The Czechs came from the almost two centuries, and the atmosphere is characterized by their homes. Currently they are living in six villages. Their livelihood is in the early 21st century began to change. Recently in this area is coming every year more and more Czech tourists. It keeps my face Banat, or become a tourist attraction?
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Interpretation of the Folk Religiosity: From Enlightened "Superstition" to Postmodern "Spirituality"
Veith, Daniel ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Pargač, Jan (referee)
This work represents various approaches to the phenomenon of folk religiosity, both from the perspective of ethnology and related humanities as well. Folk religiosity is here understood within the meaning of folk version of official religious ideas. Ever since the time of the Reformation in the 16th century, there were efforts to make a discipline out of the folk religiosity. Then the Age of Enlightenment contributed to the process of "disenchantment of the world" (Max Weber). Results of these processes are illustrated, among other things, in the example of handwritten prayer books and the phenomenon of folk chronicleship. The Enlightenment condemnation of folk "superstitions" in the name of racionality is put into context of postmodern interest in the so-called "Celtic Spirituality". Contemporary Celtic Spirituality is a specific spiritual power, which refers to numerous elements from traditional folk religiosity circuit. The analysis of the second life of folk religiosity shows to the creative reinterpretation, which emphasizes the perception of the world as the creation.
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Czech culture in eyes of foreign students studying Czech universities (university ambient in Prague)
Votavová, Radka ; Šatava, Leoš (advisor) ; Pargač, Jan (referee)
This bachelor thesis is concerned with the Czech culture from the view of foreign students of Czech universities and was elaborated on the basis of a field research and studying of accesible literature. The whole text is structured into six main chapters. The introduction contains the subject and structure of the thesis. The second chapter gives attention to the used literature and respondents. The third chapter describes the methodology of my work, foremost the field research, which came through in the form of questionnaire enquiry and set of interviews with foreign students. In the theoretical part there are introduced some important conceptions and also the description of life paths and possibilities of foreign students. The empirical part processes results of the completed field research. The conclusion summarizes remarkable achievements of the thesis.
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The education projects importance for the original Ladakh society the situation in Kargyak village
Pecháček, Jakub ; Pargač, Jan (advisor) ; Kumsa, Alemayehu (referee)
Resumé This baccalaureate work is dealing with the activities of the non-profit organizations in the indian Ladakh area. Ladakh is a part of the Jammu and Kashmir state, resp. Jammu, district Leh. It is still problematic area boardering with China (Tibet) and Pakistan. Ladakh lies at the Himalayan area and it is known for its very low rainfall activity. Therefore there is not much of fertile land and that forces to farm very hard or pasturage. In the work I will concentrate on the help in educating people living in the most remote areas, namely in Zanskar. The works objektive will be the presentation of the region, the people living there and the projects that are held in the place. There is also a target to answer some of the questions related to the foreign participation in local education and ecology services. The impacts created by implemantaion of the developing projects are different. The land changes, social changes, as well as changes in culture and politics. Why do the local people need a school in such a remote mountain area? The local people have been living in the area for hundread years without any need of help so why it comes right now? Do they really want the change? What does the background look like concerning the projects? Who is in the lead of the projects and how are they applicated?...
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History of the Oirats in the 15th - 16th century
Dordzhieva, Yulia ; Pargač, Jan (advisor) ; Šatava, Leoš (referee)
The Bachelor work History of the Oirats in the 15th - 16th century introduces the issue of history of Mongolian-speaking groups. Work focuses particularly on the West Mongolian tribes of the Oirats. The ethno "Orates" was a general name of several groups of related tribes, who lived in the historic area of West Mongolia (today, the northern part of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China). Bachelor thesis aims to highlight issues of ethno genesis and historical facts of Orate tribes from the late 14th - early 17th century. The 15th - 16th century was generally regarded as a period of political crisis after the fall of strong successor empires of the Genghis Khan's state in the Central Asian region. There were often conflicts of power between the ruling dynasties and families. Power rivalry was manifested very clearly. There were frequent mutual struggles for control of territory or the acquisition of central positions in the ruling states. The 14th - early 15th century West Mongolian tribes joined together into one power- political entity, which appears in historical literature called the Oirat tribal federation - Derben Oirat (in Kalmyk Dörven-öörd, i.e. "Four Close"). The Oirat tribal association was composed of four main tribes: the Züngars (royal family Chorose), the Derbets, the Torgouts...
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Material culture in the Orava. Mountain alpine farming.
Gošová, Tereza ; Štěpánová, Irena (advisor) ; Pargač, Jan (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the tradition of Alpine dairy farming in Slovakia, which has been developing since the 15th or 16th century due to the influence of the Wallachian colonization. The individual chapters of the thesis discuss the cycle of the traditional shepherd's work during the year, the seasonal work during the warm part of the year and also the daily routine and its organization as well as the material culture of the shepherds including their architecture and their diet. The historical passages of the thesis outline the development of the Alpine dairy farming society and the ways in which it works. We also take heed of the individual shepherds within this scope, detailing their professional hierarchy and job description, from the chief shepherd to the lowest-ranking member of their society.
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Demons Image in Ancient Mesopotamia and Sumer
Mojžišová, Zuzana ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Pargač, Jan (referee)
Bachelor thesis is focus on the image of demons in ancient Mesopotamia and Sumer, as in literature, so in plastic arts, and following comparation with others region literature, most Bible. In the first part, the thesis is dealing with universal characteristic of individual demons, which is complemented with texts from each myth. The next part subscribes direct magic practics by attack of evil spirit and their resemblance with biblical texts. Key words: Demon. Mesopotamia. Myth. Magic. Bible
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