Pre-wedding customs of Barduche and Baklitsa Cover Image

Предсватбените обичаи Бърдуче и Бъклица
Pre-wedding customs of Barduche and Baklitsa

Author(s): Bogdan Donev
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Customs / Folklore
Published by: Академия за музикално, танцово и изобразително изкуство „Проф. Асен Диамандиев“ – Пловдив
Keywords: Hartzoi ethnographic group; Katselovo village; traditional engagement rituals; Bulgarian wedding customs; marriage negotiations; ritual music and musicians; folk costume and dialect; traditional symbols; ritual objects; cultural heritage preservation

Summary/Abstract: Up to the middle of XX century, the people from the ethnological group “Hartsoi” inthe regions of Ruse and Byala are a closed group that hardly ever lets new externalinfluences and novelties in their manners and traditions. The encapsulation of the“Hartsoi” helps them to preserve their traditional customs during the second middle ofXX century.In the current article we will review the engagement traditions in the“Katselovo” village, and in particular the “Bardutche” and “Baklitsa” customs. Inthe region of Ruse the “Hartsoi” have two types of engagement- “smallmenezh” and “big mena” In “Katselovo” the first custom is called “Bardutche”and the second - “Baklitsa”.

  • Issue Year: 1/2017
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 216-219
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Bulgarian
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