A Serbian VillageColumbia University Press, 1958 - 325 pages A condensed version of the author's doctoral dissertation published in 1956 under title: Social and cultural change in a Serbian village. |
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Page 190
... brides came from Orašac , a little more than a third from immediate neighboring villages , another third from other villages within a ten - mile radius , and less than five percent from a greater distance . In the entire sample no bride's ...
... brides came from Orašac , a little more than a third from immediate neighboring villages , another third from other villages within a ten - mile radius , and less than five percent from a greater distance . In the entire sample no bride's ...
Page 195
... bride sits alone in a special room , waiting for her mother- in - law - to - be and her new female relatives , who come in and present her with a gift . Today it is a coat , some stout oxfords , or a pair of city stockings , but ...
... bride sits alone in a special room , waiting for her mother- in - law - to - be and her new female relatives , who come in and present her with a gift . Today it is a coat , some stout oxfords , or a pair of city stockings , but ...
Page 196
... bride to kiss and then crowns them in marriage . The groom , bride , and principal witnesses each take three sips from a glass of wine and repeat a prayer , moving with the priest three times around the table at which the marriage vows ...
... bride to kiss and then crowns them in marriage . The groom , bride , and principal witnesses each take three sips from a glass of wine and repeat a prayer , moving with the priest three times around the table at which the marriage vows ...
Contents
The Setting | 1 |
Serbia and Orašac in the Nineteenth Century | 21 |
Peasant Plowing with Cows BY BRANKO SEVENTH GRADE | 28 |
Copyright | |
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