Đaković, Branko.
(1985).
Food and Beverage in Death Rituals.
Etnološka tribina, 15(8).
pp. 77-84.
ISSN 0351-1944
Abstract
Death rituals contain a series of preformances which express, in various ways the solidarity of community with the berieved; some also express the relationship between survivors and the deceased. Special foods and beverage have an important function in these rituals (including koljivo or panahija, mashed beans, rice dried fruits, honey, wine and brandy). Food and driks are often placed in the coffin or the tomb of deceased, along with other items.
This old custom has persisted until thepresent day with only slight changes of form. The author discusses people's motivation for ritual offerings to the dead of form. The author discusses people's motivation for ritual offerings to the dead at the present time, and concludes that these rites reveal still existing beliefs in after-life, superstitions, trust in magic, manipulation, some forms of the cult of the dead, and even some irrational medical convictions (such as that wine or brandy, if kept for a time in a tomb, acquire certain healing qualities).
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