Vertep (Serbian)

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The Vertep is a Serbian Orthodox Christmas custom commonly practiced by the young male members of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It is usually performed on January 6, the Christmas Eve of the Orthodox calendar. This custom is called vertep (Serbian Cyrillic: вертепCategory:Articles containing Serbian-language textCategory:Pages using Lang-xx templates, and the participants in it – vertepaši (вертепаши; singular: vertepaš, вертепаш). [1]

The word “vertep” comes from the Church Slavonic: вєртє́пъ [ʋerˈtep]Category:Pages with Serbo-Croatian IPA, lit. 'cave'Category:Articles containing Church Slavonic-language textCategory:Lang and lang-xx code promoted to ISO 639-1#chu, which refers to the birthplace of Jesus.

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  1. ↑ Vuković, Milan T. (2004). "Божићни празници". Народни обичаји, веровања и пословице код Срба [Serbian folk customs, beliefs, and sayings] (in Serbian) (12 ed.). Belgrade: Sazvežđa. pp. 145–146. ISBN 86-83699-08-0.Category:CS1 uses Serbian-language script (sr)Category:CS1 Serbian-language sources (sr)
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