Ethnologica Dalmatica, Vol. 4-5 , 1996.
Original scientific paper
Wedding Customs and Beliefs In Part of the Split Hinterland
Dinka Alaupović-Gjeldum
; Državna uprava za zaštitu kulturne i prirodne baštine, Glavno povjerenstvo u Splitu
Abstract
The author presents wedding customs when there are no obstacles for the marriage and when it is approved by both families. The paper describes the period from the moment when the young man and girl meet, agreement, wedding preparations, chosing wedding guests and their duties during the wedding ceremony, organizing the wedding procession, coming for the bride and the folk play of „false bride“, bride's dowry and her arrival to her new home, accompanied by a number of customs. The author briefly describes wedding by – capture. Comparing the customs of the Split hinterland to those from other parts of the Dinaric culture, the author finds many similarities, such as the „false bride“, kissing the treshold, throwing the apple over the rooftop, organization of the wedding procession and the role of people who take part in the wedding ceremony.
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108656
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Publication date:
10.7.1996.
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