On October 6th – 7th, 2016, our colleague Kálmán Árpád Kovács will participate in the 13th Szeged Conference on Religious Ethnography, the focus of which is on “commemorative rituals and celebrations, anniversaries, jubilees and holy years”. The conference presenters will show the power of ritual and sanctity (be they at the individual, family or social level, or in a larger societal, group, denominational or national setting) in forming our identity.