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MAGICAL PRACTICES IN TRADITIONAL CARPATHO-RUSYN PEASANT CULTURE

When
01 June 2019
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Location
Marketing Outpost, 633 Merrimon Ave, Suite B, Asheville NC
Registered
8 registrants

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CARPATHO-RUSYN SOCIETY

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BRANCH

SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 1:30PM – 3:30 PM

Marketing Outpost

633 Merrimon Ave., Suite B, Asheville, NC

event is free - donations gratefully accepted

“MAGICAL PRACTICES IN TRADITIONAL

CARPATHO-RUSYN PEASANT CULTURE”

Presented by Patricia A. Krafcik

Associate Professor of Russian Language, Literature, and Culture at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA.

Explore the world of our Carpatho-Rusyn ancestors and their belief in the power of magic, how deeply these beliefs and activities were engrained in the culture, and how a belief in magic impacted everyday life.

This presentation will be available by video conference. If interested in participating, please contact andrea.robel@gmail.com to register by MAY 29^th to get the conference bridge information on how to access the program. Remote attendance is limited; please consider group attendance.

For more information: contact Bonnie bb@c-rs.org

Carpatho-Rusyn Society

915 Dickson St.
Munhall, PA 15120-1929
(412) 206-9508
www.c-rs.org

The Carpatho-Rusyn Society is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to manifesting Carpatho-Rusyn culture in the United States and supporting Rusyn culture in the Homeland in east central Europe. It works to educate Rusyns and non-Rusyns about Rusyn culture and history, and to support the development of Rusyn culture on both sides of the Atlantic. As a membership organization, it boasts over 1,800 members worldwide who support the organization's work through their annual contributions of dues as well as voluntary contributions to funds that support Rusyn cultural development abroad as well as humanitarian aid for Rusyn communities in Europe.