Icelandic confirmation ritual in cultural-historical perspective.

From: Scandinavian Studies | Date: September 22, 1995| Author: Koestler, David | Copyright information

The confirmation ritual in Iceland is a tradition which is primarily a clan communion. Two sources have been accessed to compare and contrast how Icelandic 1990s children view the practice and how an older generation remember their own confirmation. The religious significance of the ritual is subsumed under historical consciousness since it had been institutionalized as a part of educational reforms.

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