Russia/USSR 1977 Book "Calendar customs and ceremonies in the countries of foreign Europe. Spring Holidays"

Publishing: "Science" Moscow; 

Hardcover.

Format: 70x90 1/16; 360 pages with illustrations.

Book condition good, there is a stamp of a private librar.

The book is a monographic study devoted to a detailed description and analysis of traditional folk rites - holidays, which are held in countries of foreign Europe. The authors show the history of the origin of ritual and its class essence, traces the formation of rites from ancient times to the first decades of the 20th century, identifies specific features for each people and common to the entire population of the European mainland or religious groups. The monograph provides a scientific justification for the emergence and spread of rituals among the peoples of foreign Europe.