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EXTRA FUNERARY VOTIVE CRUCIFIXES - ARTIFACTS OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION
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The community rites performed in the sacred space of the extra funerary votive crucifixes become social artifacts of social communication, supporting the interpersonal relationships within the same nation or community. The direct experience on the subject has been proven by designing, developing and disseminating the project on "Votive Crucifixes and Border Crosses. Their Role and Meaning in the Life of Rural Settlements in Olt County". The project was developed by the Olt Center for Preservation and Development of Folk Creation in partnership with the University of Craiova Radio Romania Oltenia Craiova and the Slatina and Romanaţi Diocese and funded by the Romanian Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. The purpose of the project was to bring the votive crucifix and the border cross to the attention of both specialists and the general public – precisely, their importance in the evolution of Romanian culture and to attract community involvement in their restitution. Equally important was the increase in the interest of all categories of recipients in order to preserve and promote cultural values representative for Oltenia. The ultimate goal was to support cross crafting. The information-gathering techniques were the guided interview and the focused interview. Three types of interpreters were applied: figurative (using images), verbal interpreters and harmonic interpreters. They correspond to figurative representations (votive crucifixes near wells), transposed into words (inscribing texts that reveal the genesis of establishment) and harmonic (the text / picture / photo association). Research findings: Capitalizing on the field research in producing this national project consisted in radio broadcasting information to diverse audiences and compiling a volume of visual documents about votive crucifixes and border crosses. Conclusions: The research has also documented the interference of modern life that caused atmosphere of sacredness to alter and placed the votive crucifix in an area without religious significance, generating another reception in a social communication that partially supports social communion.
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