ОБИЧАЙНОПРАВНИ НОРМИ ПРИ ИЗПОЛЗУВАНЕ И ПОДДЪРЖАНЕ НА ВОДОИЗТОЧНИЦИ
CUSTOMARY LAW NORMS IN USAGE AND MAINTENANCE OF WATER-SUPPLY SOURCES

Summary/Abstract: The article is consecrated to those norms of folk customary law, which are related to the usage of water-supply sources for drinking, hygiene and agricultural needs. Before the modern water-supply of villages was spread, in many regions of Bulgarian ethnic territory, the water-supply was a serious problem. This lead to the appearance and the strict preservation of severe norms of conduct during the usage and the maintenance of water sources as common property and wealth. This statement is related equally to natural (rivers, springs, etc.) and to artificial sources (wells, etc). The norms are extremely in dry, relatively waterlees regions. The author stresses that these norms regulate the interrelations in the family, in the village and even between several villages, if they use common water sources. Deviation of the traditional norms provokes negative public opinion and public disapprovement, which have great importance for the reglamentation of social conduct in traditional life. In this sense customary law norms are a powerful factor in social life and fulfil a positive role for the regulation of social relations and for the preservation of natural resources.

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