Review article

Wedding Customs of Posušje Region

Josipa Kelava orcid.org/0000-0003-1195-5737 ; Postgraduate study in Humanities, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Split

Abstract

The paper presents and interprets field notes of traditional and contemporary wedding customs in the area of Posušje employing a multidisciplinary approach. The field notes were recorded from the beginning of 2016 until March 2019. Findings point to the modification and disappearance of numerous traditional customs but also the appearance of new customs that have been adopted under the influence of various media. Recently taken customs often overlap with the traditional ones. Therefore, in addition to frequently modified traditional customs such as throwing an apple, receiving a male child in arms at the front door, toasting and giving presents, customs such as the first wedding dance, cake-cutting and throwing the bridal bouquet appear in contemporary weddings. Most of the data considering the traditional wedding customs were told by informants born in the 1920s and 1930s, some of whom are no longer among the living. The younger generations are not familiar with a great many of the customs as mentioned earlier, which indicates an irretrievable loss of this segment of intangible cultural heritage.

Keywords

wedding, contemporary customs, traditional customs, field research

Hrčak ID:

240473

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/240473

Publication date:

12.3.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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