Ksenia Trofimova Constructing Holy Spaces in Multicultural Milieu: the Case of "Zajde Basce" Shrine in Nish (Serbia) Ksenia Trofimova - Junior Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy of Culture, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, kptrofimova@gmail.com The culture of neighborhood with all its details that make up the cultural mosaic of the Balkans is manifested at the level of popular religiosity, in particular, in the cases of mixed pilgrimages and popular shrines with shared practices. Such interaction between communities belonging to different cultural and religious traditions may assume various forms and patterns. This paper focuses on one such example, a holy site of mixed devotion by Muslims and Christians, the shrine Zajde Basce in Nish, which keeps the traditional practice qfziyarat in the changing social and cultural environment. The main role in maintaining this tradition is played by the local Roma minority. Recently the shrine went through certain changes: the common old narrative about the Muslim nature of the cult was complemented by another one, with a clear multicultural emphasis. The study of narratives, the site's architectonics and the co-practices of visitors help to understand the correlation between competing discourses and draw patterns of interreligious interaction. Keywords: shared shrines, pilgrimage, Christianity, Islam, popular religiosity, Balkans, Roma. РЕЛИГИОЗНАЯ культура на Балканах отличается плюрализмом как на формальном (конфессиональном), так и на народном (внеконфессиональном) уровнях. Религиозную ситуацию на Балканах можно уподобить пестрой стр. 204мозаике, составленной из элементов разных размеров и форм. Такая картина религиозной повседневности связана с исторически обусловленным этноконфессиональным многообразием региона. Закономерным следствием этого является развитая культура соседства, которая представляет интерес, учитывая ее значение для актуальных социально-политических процессов в регионе. ... Read more