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Manželství u beduínských kmenů Rualů
Marriage among Bedouin´s Rwala Tribes

Author(s): Vladimír Grulich
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Recent History (1900 till today), Islam studies
Published by: Západočeská univerzita v Plzni
Keywords: Bedouins; Rwala tribes; wedding in Iislam; Alois Musil;

Summary/Abstract: The work article aims to describe the basic characteristics for of marriage at Rual Bedouin tribe. This text describes - how to the selection of a bride brideby a groom, wedding, poetry, divorce and other significant circumstances associated with this topic. The principal source for the second chapter is an extensive monograph on English provenance tribe Rual The Manners and Customs of the Bedouins Rwala from the famous Czech scientist and orientalist Alois Musil. As an additional literature was used Arabic book Al-Badu phi Filastin from Basra Davud. A secondary goal of this work article is the comparison between this form of marriage with a form of marriage in contemporary Islamic society, or in the states of the Arabian Peninsula and the Maghreb.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 67-89
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Czech