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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... dance Preparing rakije Cost in Dinars 25 50-100 Comments Done by part - time peasant specialist . The longer the dance , the more it costs . Payment is in kind ; two liters for each barrel distilled . 80 kilos for each ton of wheat ...
... dance Preparing rakije Cost in Dinars 25 50-100 Comments Done by part - time peasant specialist . The longer the dance , the more it costs . Payment is in kind ; two liters for each barrel distilled . 80 kilos for each ton of wheat ...
Page 187
... dancing . There are different rules of etiquette , depending on the condi- tions under which a dance is held . At those where the dance itself is the main event , it is likely that only the young people will partic- ipate although men ...
... dancing . There are different rules of etiquette , depending on the condi- tions under which a dance is held . At those where the dance itself is the main event , it is likely that only the young people will partic- ipate although men ...
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... dance and then seek their families ' permission . Parental consent is usually not too difficult to obtain . The only real objec- Meeting a girl at a fair or dance and marriage arranged by parents were not necessarily unrelated since ...
... dance and then seek their families ' permission . Parental consent is usually not too difficult to obtain . The only real objec- Meeting a girl at a fair or dance and marriage arranged by parents were not necessarily unrelated since ...
Contents
The Setting | 1 |
Serbia and Orašac in the Nineteenth Century | 21 |
Orašac Village Today | 37 |
Copyright | |
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agricultural Arandjelovac attitude Autobiography basic Belgrade boys brandy bread bride Bukovik ceremony cheese church clan clothing common considered Cooperative Home corn culture dance dinars Dodola economic farm father feast Figure gazda girls grade guests gusle Gypsies head hectares holiday homestead household important income increasing Jarmenovci Jasenica kafana kajmak Karadjordje kilos Kopljare Kosmaj Kragujevac labor land livestock living marriage married Miloš Misača mixed agriculturalists Mladenovac mother neighbors officials older Orašac peasant Orašac population Orašac village Orašani parents Partisans Party Pashaluk of Belgrade pattern peasants percent period Petrović pigs plow plum policies priest Prilike pure agriculturalists rakija region relatives Revolt Serbia Serbs sheep significant slava social Srbije starešina Stojnik Šumadija taxes teachers town traditional Turkish Turks urban usually Venčac Village Council Vojvodina wedding wheat wife wine women wooden workers Yugoslav Yugoslavia zadruga