The Journal of Ethnology and Culturology

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Vol. 39 (2026)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.52603/rec.2026.39

Published: 2026-07-21

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ETHNOLOGY AND CULTUROLOGY

The Carnival as an Andean Ritual System: Music, Dance, and Reciprocity in Achoma (Colca Valley, Peru)

Aleixandre Brian Duche Pérez , Lolo Juan Mamani-Daza

4-12
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Wells in the Context of Environmental, Sanitary, and Ethnocultural Perspectives

Valentin Arapu

13-21
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Queen Marie of Romania: Literature, Art, and Lived Space as Tools for Promoting the Cultural Image of a State

Aliona Grati

22-30
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Sugar Dolls in the Cultures of the Old (and New) World: Addressing the Issue of Tradition Migration

Oxana Fais-Leutskaia

31-40
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“Vow crosses” in Gorj county (Romania): symbolism and interpretation

Dumitru-Cătălin Rogojanu , Gherghina Boda

41-50
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The afterlife of sacred space: casa mare in contemporary rural Moldova (case of Puhoi village)

Nina Ivanova

51-58
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The Bulgarians of Bessarabia in the 1940s: factors of the demographic process, birth rate and mortality

Oleksandr Ganchev

59-70
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Life around the Hearth: Artistic Perspectives

Natalia Procop

71-77
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Family Names Derived from the Terminology of Crafts Associated with Leather Processing

Viorica Raileanu

78-85
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Blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) in the culture, language and traditions of the Albanians in the Balkans

Alexander Novik , Marina Domosiletskaya

86-96
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The Art of Egg Decoration in the Republic of Moldova: Intangible Cultural Heritage, Education, and Cross-Border Cooperation

Ludmila Moisei , Ecaterina Alavatchi

97-105
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“Multilingual education” and the Romanian language in ATU Gagauzia, 2022–2025: some lessons and conclusions

Aleksey Romanchuk , Galina Mutaf

106-112
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The synchronism of cultural values as an expression of visual language – an eminently patrimonial virtue

Ecaterina Tarna , Mariana Hadji-Bandalac

113-123
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The Trickster Paradox in Yiddish Set Expressions of Jews of the Republic of Moldova as Elaboration of Phenomenological Theodicy (the Aspect of Noetic Intention in Actualizing/Safeguarding ICH)

Jozefina Cusnir

124-131
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SURVEYS

The Water Wells of Puhoi Village (Ialoveni District) in the Context of Local Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage (Ethnocultural Aspects)

Valentin Arapu

132-140
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The Transition from Wooden Gates to Metal Gates in the Codrii Orheiului Area

Sergiu Suvac

141-146
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COMMUNICATIONS

Funeral monuments carved in stone from the villages of the ethnographic area of Codrii Orheiului

Alexandru Magola , Sergiu Suvac

147-156
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Bread in Romanian Funerary Customs of the Prut– Dniester Region: Forms, Functions and Symbolic Significance

Carolina Cotoman

157-165
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YOUNG RESEARCHER'S PAGE

The construction and interior layout of earthen dwellings in rural settlements along the upper Reut River (Florești District)

Sorin Grajdari

166-170
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School Education in the Bulgarian Colonies of Bessarabia in the Second Half of the 19 Century: the Legal and Regulatory Framework

Maria Smirnova

171-175
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Apron from Covurlui County and “Zadie” from the Năsăud Region as Evidence of Transhumance and Cultural Exchange

George Pascal , Daniel Gabriel Kerekes

176-182
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Tragic chapters in the history of the Gagauz people at “Ivdel’lag” (the June 1941 deportation)

Svetlana Capanji

183-190
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SCIENTIFIC LIFE

International Romani Language Courses

Svetlana Procop

191-195
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Academic biographical sheet of Valdemar Kalininni

Gheorghe Sarau

196-197
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REVIEWS

Jozefina Cușnir and the reinterpretation of the Chișinău pogrom

Natalia Gradinaru

198-199
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Overcoming perceptions distorted by propaganda and denigration regarding the culture of Bessarabia from 1918–1940

Valentina Ursu

200-202
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