La confection des pains de la période Noël-Jour de l'An à Chypre. La recréation domestique du monde
In: Cahiers de sociologie économique et culturelle, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 33-47
The writer describes the making of loaves of bread in Cyprus for the Christmas and New Year celebrations, showing the different stages. But beyond the ethnographic relation, we are led to see the symbolic character of this production. As a matter of fact, there is an analogy between the making of the bread and reproduction of life. The choice of the Christmas and New Year period, which is the time of transition and of a mythical birth throws some light on a ritual which signifies the domestic re-creation of the world.