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 163
... person's legs and the wooden cross at the grave , locks it , and then unlocks it replying , " Pred Bogom i Svetim Jovanom , otkupljujem roba od groba " ( Before God and St. John , I have redeemed the slave from the grave ) . This ritual ...
... person's legs and the wooden cross at the grave , locks it , and then unlocks it replying , " Pred Bogom i Svetim Jovanom , otkupljujem roba od groba " ( Before God and St. John , I have redeemed the slave from the grave ) . This ritual ...
Page 225
... person is sinking , especially an old person , his family passes the word that he is gotov ( far - gone , or ready for death ) and makes sure his best clothes are set aside for the burial . If the cause of death is a " dirty disease ...
... person is sinking , especially an old person , his family passes the word that he is gotov ( far - gone , or ready for death ) and makes sure his best clothes are set aside for the burial . If the cause of death is a " dirty disease ...
Page 226
... person mourned . They express woe and loneliness , eulogize the deceased and send messages to other departed relatives whom he will soon be seeing . When the deceased is a young person and the grief very deeply felt , then the chants ...
... person mourned . They express woe and loneliness , eulogize the deceased and send messages to other departed relatives whom he will soon be seeing . When the deceased is a young person and the grief very deeply felt , then the chants ...
Contents
The Setting | 1 |
Serbia and Orašac in the Nineteenth Century | 21 |
Orašac Village Today | 37 |
Copyright | |
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