Funeral Customs Performed by “Ungureni” 
Romanians of Timoc (Vlaole Village, Bor County) Cover Image

Obiceiuri de înmormântare la românii ungureni din Timoc (satul Vlaole, regiunea Bor)
Funeral Customs Performed by “Ungureni” Romanians of Timoc (Vlaole Village, Bor County)

Author(s): Emil Ţîrcomnicu
Subject(s): Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Editura Palatul Culturii
Keywords: Valea Timocului; obiceiuri de înmormântare; pomeni

Summary/Abstract: We present some of the funeral customs recorded at the Romanians from Serbia (Timoc Valley), Vlaole village, county of Bor on 2014, July. In this research done through the Romanian Cultural Institute we interviewed persons attending a repast given as alms 4 years after the funeral, finding the alms ritual, the forms of the knot-shaped breads on the alms tables as well as the custom of “releasing” the water.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 339-348
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian