НЯКОИ ПРОБЛЕМИ НА БРАЧНАТА ИНСТИТУЦИЯ В СЕЛО БАЛТАДЖИ ПРЕЗ 20-ТЕ ГОДИНИ НА XX ВЕК
Some problems of the marriage institution at Baltaji village in the 20-ies of XX-th C.

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the marriage pattern among Catholic Bulgarians from Baltaji the 20-ies of XX-th C. in the light of the complex approach, introduced by J. M. Halpern. According to it different social phenomena are studied in linear and cyclic time perspective and their quantitative and qualitative dimensions are outlined. The sources for this study include parochial book on baptisms, weddings and funerals in the village, family books, civil marriage certificates and specific field-work data. In the 20-ies both worldview systems in Baltaji - the customary and the religious ones, build ideal patterns of marriage systems of their own. The pattern, based on traditional notions, claims for early and total marriages, while the West Christian doctrine proposes the celibate as an alternative to the marriage. The current type comprises elements from both patterns. It is distinguished by early marriages for both sexes and wide-spread celibate among women. A small part of men delays the marriage as a consequence of the feminine celibate. Among women late marriages are rather an exception. The ideal marriage patterns and their real proections are in constant interrelation in linear and cyclic time dimensions.

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