The exhibition "Feasts for the Living, Ancestors, Gods and Saints" is set in the Museum of RSM

The Museum of the Republic of Northern Macedonia marks the International Museum Day - May 18 with the exhibition "Feasts for the Living, Ancestors, Gods and Saints". The exhibition is open from noon on May 18, and the entrance to visit the museum exhibits will be free until Sunday, May 22, 2022.

- Feasts are special meals by nature, as well as the amount of food that is distributed among a wider circle of people. They are an occasion not only for food and conversation, but also for musical performances, ceremonial speeches, prayers and sacrifices, politically motivated gatherings and trade. Feasts are ubiquitous throughout human history, but archeology cannot clearly define them. Therefore, we seek information about them in ethnographic records, especially on topics such as ritual, ceremonial exchange and sacrifice - said the museum.

Through today's rituals and celebrations observed in our tradition, we get the full picture that speaks of many traditions that have their origins deep in the past.

- This exhibition is a semiotic approach where through eating and drinking as particularly powerful media, it covers human life, its existence in society, beliefs and customs. The exhibition deals with four themes, through which the story of the feasts is told. Through celebrations that are related to people's daily lives and mark their important moments, weddings and baptisms, but also occasions for preparing joint feasts, such as offering blood sacrifices, sacrifices, funerals and memorials. This closes part of the human life cycle. This narrative is followed through several media, such as museum objects, art and documentary photographs and documentaries - the museum reported.

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