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Original scientific paper

RITUAL HAGGLING AT CATTLE FAIRS

Olga Supek ; Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagreb, Croatia


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Abstract

On the basis of her own observations over the last ten years and comparisons with earlier ethnographic descriptions, the author analyzes four phases in ritual haggling. Offering definitions for custom, ritual and performance or play, she distinguishes analytically between the ritual and the performance aspects of such haggling. It is emphasized, however, that in reality these components are indivisible, just as are the utilitarian and symbolic aspects of ritual haggling. The author concludes that the meaning of this ritual lies in a psychological mastery of the conflict between the depersonalized exchange of goods for money, and direct, complex relations of people who live in small (village) communities.

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Hrčak ID:

53680

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/53680

Publication date:

15.6.1988.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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