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Acta Ethnographica Hungarica Volume 60 n Number 2 n December 2 Volume 64 Number 2 December Acta 02 GÁBOR BARNA, editor Editor n GÁBOR BARNA Professor, head of the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, ACT University of Szeged Ethnographica 10 Member of the executive board of the Hungarian Ethnographical Society, the Folklore Fellows Association, corresponding member of the Finnish Literature Society, A ETHNOGR the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Volkskunde, foreign member of the Societas Scientiarum Fennica 51 Head of SIEF International Commission of Ethnocartography Editor of the publication series: Studies in Ethnology, Kultúrakutatás (www.akademiaikiado.hu), 9 Bibliotheca Religionis Popularis Szegediensis and Devotio Hungarorum (Sources of the Religious ACTA ThematicLife of the Issue: Hungarians) (www.etnologiaszeged.hu) A Research fields: folkloristics, ethnology/anthropology of religion, popular religion, pilgrimages, Hungarica PHIC Acta religious societies, assimilation and acculturation processes, identity, invented traditions, feast Verbal Charms and Narrative Genres FOUNDED IN 1950 culture A ETHNOGRAPHICA Guest Editors: María Palleiro and Éva Pócs H 2 UNG Our online journals are available at our Atypon-hosted website: www.akademiai.com. 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Emphasis is laid, although not exclusively, on subjects related to Hungary and East Akadémiai Kiadó is offering new, minor and more adaptable collections in Arts & Antiques, Health Science, Central Europe. Hungarian-related topics in the larger context of Eurasia and other continents are also of special Hungary & Beyond, HiCited, Linguistics & Literature, and Social Studies with significant pricing discounts. interest. Papers are in English. It is published biannually. Subscribers of any collection can pick an additional title from the Plus collection for free; its fee is included in the price of the subscribed pack. Abstracted/indexed in Bibliographie Linguistique/Linguistic Bibliography, Elsevier GEO Abstracts, International Bibliographies IBZ and Akadémiai Journal Collection – Hungary & Beyond IBR, MLA International Bibliography, SCOPUS, Sociological Abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. Acta Ethnographica Hungarica Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae Hungarian Studies Manuscripts and editorial correspondence should be addressed to Ágnes Fülemile Akadémiai Journals Collection – Plus ACTA ETHNOGRAPHICA HUNGARICA Acta Geodaetica & Geophysica Hungarica Institute of Ethnology, Research Centre for the Humanities, „Hungarian Academy of Sciences’ Centre of Excellence” Central European Geology P.O. Box 33, H-1453 Budapest, Hungary International Review of Applied Sciences and Engineering Phone: (+36 1) 224 6700/ext. 4282 Nanopages E-mail: [email protected] Pollack Periodica [email protected] Studia Scientiarum Mathematicarum Hungarica Reviews should be sent to Additional details about the prices and conditions can be found at Csaba Mészáros or Katalin Vargha www.akademiaikiado.hu/collections E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Subscription price for Volume 64 (2019) in 2 issues EUR 558 + VAT (for North America: USD 698) including online access and normal postage; airmail delivery EUR 20 (USD 28) Publisher and distributor AKADÉMIAI KIADÓ P.O. Box 245, H-1519 Budapest, Hungary Phone: (+36 1) 464 8222; Fax: (+36 1) 464 8221 E-mail: [email protected] www.akademiai.com www.akademiaikiado.hu © Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest 2019 ISSN 1216-9803 AEthn64 (2019) 2 Printed in EU The electronic version of the Acta Ethnographica Hungarica can be accessed at the webpage of the journal. http://www.akademiai.com/loi/022 Instructions to Authors can be downloaded from the same web-address. Acta EH boritó feb27.indd 2 2020. 02. 27. 12:59:45 ACTA ETHNOGRAPHICA HUNGARICA Volume 64 Number 2 2019 December Editor-in-Chief: ÁGNES FÜLEMILE Associate Editors: FRUZSINA CSEH, ZSUZSANNA CSELÉNYI Review -Editors: CSABA MÉSZÁROS, KATALIN VARGHA Translators: ZSUZSANNA CSELÉNYI, MICHAEL KAN DÓ Layout Editor: JUDIT MAHMOUDl-KOMOR Guest editors: MARÍA PALLEIRO, ÉVA PÓCS Editorial Board BALÁZS BALOGH, ELEK BARTHA, BALÁZS BORSOS, MIKLÓS CSERI, LAJOS KEMECSI, LÁSZLÓ KÓSA, ILDIKÓ LANDGRAF, TAMÁS MOHAY, LÁSZLÓ MÓD, ATTILA PALÁDl-KOVÁCS, GÁBOR VARGYAS, VILMOS VOIGT , _ lnternational Advisory Board MARTA BOTI KOVA CBratislava, Slovakia), DANIEL DRASCEK CR~gensburg, Germany), DAGNOSLAW DEMSKI (Warsaw, Poland), INGRID SLAVEC GRADISNIK Cyub~ana, Slovenia), DMITRIY A. FUNK CMoscow, Russia), CHRIS HANN (Halle, Germany), KRISTA HARPER (Amherst, MA USA), ANYA PETERSON ROYCE CBloomington, IN USA), FERENC POZSONY CCluj, Romania), HELENA _RUOTSAL~ (Turku, Finland), MARY N. TAYLOR (New York, NY USA), ANDRAS ZEMPLENI (Paris, France) Cover photo: An 85 year old woman who knows how to heal the evil eye with a charm. Photo by György Takács, Csíkbánkfalva CBancu), Harghita County, Romania, 2007. Coverdesign:
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