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Chapter 2. The quest for a proper Bulgarian national holiday

  • Kjetil Rå Hauge
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Transforming National Holidays
This chapter is in the book Transforming National Holidays

Abstract

When the former Bulgarian national holiday of 3 March was reinstated in 1990, opinion was divided as to whether 3 March was a good choice. This chapter examines the discussion that followed in Bulgarian media. The argumentation for the other candidates for national holiday status is shown to mostly concern the degree of active Bulgarian participation in the historical events that the days commemorate, and to a somewhat lesser degree also to concern how the days are celebrated.

Abstract

When the former Bulgarian national holiday of 3 March was reinstated in 1990, opinion was divided as to whether 3 March was a good choice. This chapter examines the discussion that followed in Bulgarian media. The argumentation for the other candidates for national holiday status is shown to mostly concern the degree of active Bulgarian participation in the historical events that the days commemorate, and to a somewhat lesser degree also to concern how the days are celebrated.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Contributors vii
  4. Acknowledgements xiii
  5. Preface 1
  6. Discursive construction of national holidays in West and South Slavic countries after the fall of communism 5
  7. Analyses
  8. Chapter 1. Collective memory and media genres 35
  9. Chapter 2. The quest for a proper Bulgarian national holiday 57
  10. Chapter 3. The multiple symbolism of 3 May in Poland after the fall of communism 81
  11. Chapter 4. “Dan skuplji vijeka,” ‘A day more precious than a century’ 101
  12. Chapter 5. Croatia in search of a national day 125
  13. Chapter 6. Contested pasts, contested red-letter days 149
  14. Chapter 7. Commemorating the Warsaw Uprising of 1 August 1944 171
  15. Chapter 8. Ilinden 191
  16. Chapter 9. Slovak national identity as articulated in the homilies of a religious holiday 213
  17. Chapter 10. The Czech and Czechoslovak 28 October 231
  18. Chapter 11. Disputes over national holidays 251
  19. Chapter 12. What Europe means for Poland 271
  20. References 297
  21. Appendix A. List of current laws on national holidays in West and South Slavic countries 311
  22. Index 313
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.47.07rah

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Contributors vii
  4. Acknowledgements xiii
  5. Preface 1
  6. Discursive construction of national holidays in West and South Slavic countries after the fall of communism 5
  7. Analyses
  8. Chapter 1. Collective memory and media genres 35
  9. Chapter 2. The quest for a proper Bulgarian national holiday 57
  10. Chapter 3. The multiple symbolism of 3 May in Poland after the fall of communism 81
  11. Chapter 4. “Dan skuplji vijeka,” ‘A day more precious than a century’ 101
  12. Chapter 5. Croatia in search of a national day 125
  13. Chapter 6. Contested pasts, contested red-letter days 149
  14. Chapter 7. Commemorating the Warsaw Uprising of 1 August 1944 171
  15. Chapter 8. Ilinden 191
  16. Chapter 9. Slovak national identity as articulated in the homilies of a religious holiday 213
  17. Chapter 10. The Czech and Czechoslovak 28 October 231
  18. Chapter 11. Disputes over national holidays 251
  19. Chapter 12. What Europe means for Poland 271
  20. References 297
  21. Appendix A. List of current laws on national holidays in West and South Slavic countries 311
  22. Index 313
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