Ciubotă, Viorel (szerk.): Patrimoniu multietnic (Satu Mare, 2009)
other ethnic groups, identical in history and living in the same territory. Holidays would cover all the spheres of economic life of the Ukrainians. The calendar of work (field work) was followed by church holidays and magic rituals, by beliefs and customs, many of them originating in the belief that man is submitted to supernatural forces, a mentality mostly present among the Ukrainians living in the mountain areas. The calendar customs and magic rituals of Ukrainians were synchronized with the liturgical cycle of the church over the year, the so called “the 12 holidays and fasts”. The magical and mythic beliefs depicted demons embodying images like “lisne”, krasni (beautiful forest), vidma, “bosorkania” (witch), “zbişce” (ghost-child),”vovkun”(man-wolf), “vorojili” (witches). Ukrainians and Romanians, Hungarians and other ethnic groups of the former county of Ugocea have contributed to making this wonderful land unique, by preserving their specific and passing on the cultural heritage they have received. Ukrainians from the former county of Ugocea can boast with a number of notable people, namely Peisaj Ugocea Пейзаж - Угоча Ugocsa vidéki látkép Ugocea landscape 131
