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The article studies the festive culture of Latin America, analyzes its shaping under the influence of Spanish festive traditions which were spread to this region. The article shows how the urban environment was changing to correspond with ideas and goals of certain holidays and considers cultural and semantic aspects of Latin American processions similar to European "Entries", both secular and religious. During holidays, local artists depicted the features of urban space, landscape elements, local architecture and...

Important changes affecting different areas of human life are taking place due to the globalization processes, thus the issue of cultural memory has become especially topical. Festivities as one of the most consistent forms of spiritual culture and the guarantee for a long existence of a nation as a whole are transforming significantly in circumstances of the contemporary post-industrial society. Not only the forms, functions and content of the festivities are changing, but also people’s attitude towards festiviti...