THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF DIMITRIE DAN AS A NEW STAGE IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE TRADITIONAL CULTURE OF ETHNIC GROUPS IN BUKOVINA

Abstract

In the proposed investigation, readers can consider the life path and working activity of the Dimitrie Dan – Romanian priest, public figure, historian, ethnographer and academician. In 2017 the 90th anniversary of his death was commemorated. Traditional culture of Bukovinian ethnic groups, folk beliefs of the Romanians from this region, history of churches and localities were topics under his scientific interest. In his investigations, the researcher followed the principle of authenticity; he used the method of comparative analysis, and he was admiring the ideas of the European ethnopsychological school. In his working method, it is felt the influence of the eminent Romanian ethnographer Simeon Florea Marian.