Original scientific paper

Watercrossing of the Wedding Procession

Milana Černelić ; Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The article deals with the rite of watercrossing, known mostly in the eastern parts of Slavonia, Vojvodina, partly in the Romanian territories, in the Vlach regions of northeastern Serbia and sporadically in southeastern Serbia and Bulgaria. The analysis of the elements of the rite indicates that we are dealing with a typologically analogous rite regionally limited to the northeastern parts of the South Slav territories. The result of the study points to the possible mutual permeation of different cultures, those of the settled Slav peoples and the autochtonous Romance speaking population of the Balkans.

Keywords

water crossing; wedding procession; wedding customs; South Slavs, Balkan

Hrčak ID:

47755

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/47755

Publication date:

1.3.2004.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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