A Serbian VillageHarper & Row, 1967 - 358 pages |
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Page 171
... priest's rectory , where the ceremony is performed . The priest pours water over the naked infant , and the kum pro- nounces the name he has chosen . A bit of the baby's hair is snipped off and rolled into a ball with some wax from one ...
... priest's rectory , where the ceremony is performed . The priest pours water over the naked infant , and the kum pro- nounces the name he has chosen . A bit of the baby's hair is snipped off and rolled into a ball with some wax from one ...
Page 233
... priest would move his residence to Kopljare ( it was later moved back to Orašac ) . Con- struction was started in 1868 and was completed in 1870 , the peas- ants themselves supplying most of the funds and labor . Until 1950 all the priests ...
... priest would move his residence to Kopljare ( it was later moved back to Orašac ) . Con- struction was started in 1868 and was completed in 1870 , the peas- ants themselves supplying most of the funds and labor . Until 1950 all the priests ...
Page 234
... priest had more influence . Together with the teachers and President of the Village Council he helped determine village policies . Economically the priest fares only a little better than the average peasant . His income is derived from ...
... priest had more influence . Together with the teachers and President of the Village Council he helped determine village policies . Economically the priest fares only a little better than the average peasant . His income is derived from ...
Contents
The Setting | 1 |
FIGURES | 17 |
Serbia and Orašac in the Nineteenth Century | 21 |
Copyright | |
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