Anastenaria

UK/əˌnæs.təˈnɛəɹi.ə/US/əˌnæs.təˈnɛɹi.ə/

Anastenaria noun: a religious ritual performed in Southern Bulgaria and Northern Greece involving trance and dancing on fire.

Noun

Anastenaria

A religious ritual performed in Southern Bulgaria and Northern Greece involving trance and dancing on fire.
- The author, Mrs. Anne Gault Antoniades, an American long resident in Greece and familiar with its language, is competent to write about the Anastenaria not only because she can give an eyewitness account of the festival, but particularly by virtue of her keen interest in the Greek people and the...1954, Anne Gault Antoniades, The Anastenaria: Thracian Firewalking Festival - Issue 36, page 2
- The insistence that the Anastenaria was so archaic—that its worldview preceded the Hellenic gods—actually “internationalized” the custom.2015, Roumen Daskalov, Alexander Vezenkov, Entangled Histories of the Balkans, →ISBN

From Ancient Greek ἀναστένω (anasténō, “groan aloud”).

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What does Anastenaria mean?: Anastenaria means a religious ritual performed in Southern Bulgaria and Northern Greece involving trance and dancing on fire.
What part of speech is Anastenaria?: Anastenaria is a noun.
How do you pronounce Anastenaria?: Anastenaria is pronounced /əˌnæs.təˈnɛəɹi.ə/ (UK).

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