Ritual Sites: Adherents – Debtors
The lecture covers memorial construction in the Soviet years. The practices of visiting memorial sites in the Soviet times are described as rites of initiation into the Soviet mythology. The eternal flame is part of a ritual text addressed both to the dead and the living. The text reports to the dead that the living ensure their immortality through remembering. But what is the meaning of the message for the living visitors of such places?
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