Volume : III, Issue : IV, April - 2014

The Ritual of “Arminden” in Maramures Area, Romania

Sabo Helena

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The Arminden tree is considered a sacred tree in Maramures area. The Arminden trees are not very strictly individualized as species. It can by most a birch tree, a beech tree or a hornbeam tree. The birch tree is a symbol for life and the revival of the entire universe. It shows the coming of spring (Chevalier and Gherant, 1995). The research regarding the sacred tree in general special the ritual of the Arminden tree in particular took place the during the period 2011-2013. The tradition in the Maramures area is that in the evening before May 1 a man for every family goes to the woods and cuts down a birch tree, which he then hangs at the gate pole. This ritual is still practiced in this area, despite the communist pressures and the Christian constraints.

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Sabo Helena The Ritual of “Arminden” in Maramures Area, Romania International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.III, Issue. IV Apr 2014

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