Traditional Fishing Along the Present-Day Bulgarian Banks of the Danube and the Black Sea Coast in the Early 20th Century. Ethnographic and Cultural.. Cover Image

Традиционно рибарство по днешните български крайбрежия на Дунав и Черно море в първите десетилетия на XX век. Етнографски и културни паралели
Traditional Fishing Along the Present-Day Bulgarian Banks of the Danube and the Black Sea Coast in the Early 20th Century. Ethnographic and Cultural..

Author(s): Blagorodna Filevska
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Институт за етнология и фолклористика с Етнографски музей при БАН

Summary/Abstract: The main characteristics of traditional fishing in the two regions have been classified according to data in historical sources and in present-day ethnographic field studies: kinds of fish caught and major fishing sites; type variety of the fishing tackle according to design and principle of operation; kinds of fishing boats used; organisation of labour and social composition of those employed in fishing; the fishers' knowledge about the natural factors of fishing; beliefs, practices and customs, related to the work of a fisherman. The comparative review of different aspects of the traditional livelihood of fishing warrants its discussion as an overall complex of material forms, world view ideas and social and normative relations, as a sui generis cultural phenomenon.

  • Issue Year: 1997
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 114-119
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Bulgarian