PEASANT CULTURAL HERITAGE. CONCEPTUAL CLARIFICATIONS AND TRANSMISSION METHODS
PEASANT CULTURAL HERITAGE. CONCEPTUAL CLARIFICATIONS AND TRANSMISSION METHODS

Summary/Abstract: The communist regime (1944 - 1989) meant a period of radical transformation for the Romanian village. However, peasant culture has been passed on in various forms, and if we consider that in 1948, 77% of Romania’s population lived in rural areas, we assume that peasant culture has been passed on to more than half of the country’s present-day population, to those descendants of the peasants who have remained or left the village. This article theoretically deals with the issue of the transmission of peasant culture by pointing out the following: it is difficult to understand this culture apart from its moral function (to produce social solidarity), it largely covers the moral-religious order (being an expression of a perfect reality for the peasants), it tends to become tradition (actualizing itself through customs), and its communitarian character is also observed in the way it is transmitted to new generations (through a diffuse communitarian mechanism in the sense that participation in village activities is essential).

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