THE WEDDING OF THE GORANI IN ALBANIA – RITUAL, MUSIC AND DANCE Cover Image

Сватбата на гораните в Албания – обредност, музика и танц
THE WEDDING OF THE GORANI IN ALBANIA – RITUAL, MUSIC AND DANCE

Author(s): Veselka Toncheva
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Customs / Folklore, Music, Sociology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Асоциация за антропология, етнология и фолклористика ОНГЬЛ
Keywords: the Bulgarian national minority in Albania; the wedding of gorani; the bulgarian traditional music and dance

Summary/Abstract: Gora is a region, situated between three mountains: Shar, Korab and Koritnik, and on the territory of three countries: the Republic of Albania (9 settlements), Kosovo (19 settlements) and Macedonia (2 settlements). In Bulgaria the community of the Gorani is quite insufficiently studied while its image in the Balkan scientific and social discourse is strongly influenced by political interests and different ethnic, national or religious dispositions. The field materials presented in the article are collected in the Albanian part of Gora – the village of Shishtavets (2008-2012). The text presents descriptively the main parameters and the different aspects of the wedding, and also the observations and the analyses of the traditional music and dance like a component of the still performed wedding ritual among the Gorani.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 29-61
  • Page Count: 33
  • Language: Bulgarian