Abstract
We have portrayed Mary as a cornerstone of traditional Roma beliefs and practices in Slovakia. This chapter will contextualise religiosity in the form as practised among the Roma at the beginning of the twenty-first century within the general frame-picture of post-modern religiosity. The core of this chapter is dedicated to an analysis of Marian apparitions among the Roma to give voice directly to the people She appears to. It seems that both the Virgin Mary and Jesus adore visiting Roma communities in Slovakia, especially those on the very margins of mainstream society. Regardless of how much Mary-centric the Romani religious culture in Slovakia is, Mary’s centrality has been seriously threatened in recent decades. The Virgin Mary appears to have found herself in a competitive position with growing Neo-Protestant and Pentecostal movements operating in post-communist Slovakia, focusing their evangelical mission primarily on Roma communities. Will the Virgin Mary in Slovakia follow other ethnically enculturated Marys who care for particular peripheral communities worldwide? Will the Chocolate Mary someday help Slovak Roma find their way ‘from the periphery to the centre’? Or will She find herself marginalised too, and merely watch the Roma from the religious periphery?
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Zachar Podolinská, T. (2021). Marian Apparitions Among the Roma: From the Periphery to the Centre. In: Marian Devotion Among the Roma in Slovakia. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56364-6_4
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