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 142
... young boy or even a young adult met an older man he would take off his hat and say , " Good day . " A new daughter - in - law had to wash the feet of the male elders at the end of each day's work . When a starešina entered the home of a ...
... young boy or even a young adult met an older man he would take off his hat and say , " Good day . " A new daughter - in - law had to wash the feet of the male elders at the end of each day's work . When a starešina entered the home of a ...
Page 186
... young people form on the grass to dance the kolo . When led by a particularly spirited young man , the dance circle opens and snakes back and forth , giving the bachelors a chance to show off their nimble , high - stepping footwork ...
... young people form on the grass to dance the kolo . When led by a particularly spirited young man , the dance circle opens and snakes back and forth , giving the bachelors a chance to show off their nimble , high - stepping footwork ...
Page 190
... young men to meet , girls from families with whom they already have some sort of tie . Frequently an Orašac matron originally from a partic- ular village will recommend a girl from her vamilija to someone in her husband's clan or to a ...
... young men to meet , girls from families with whom they already have some sort of tie . Frequently an Orašac matron originally from a partic- ular village will recommend a girl from her vamilija to someone in her husband's clan or to a ...
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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