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Prezența și semnificația bradului în obiceiurile din ciclul vieții
Presence and Significance of the Fir Tree in the Customs during Life Cycle

Author(s): Ioan Toșa, Daniela TOADER
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences
Published by: MUZEUL ETNOGRAFIC AL TRANSILVANIEI
Keywords: birth; wedding; funeral; flag; fir;

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents, on the basis of information contained in 15 seminar works with theme: Customs of wedding, baptism and funeral owned by Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania, some aspects of birth, wedding andfuneral.In connection with the birth, the popular conceptions are presentedconcerning the requirements that parents must meet for bringing into the world a clean human being who bring them joy, no troubles and obligations that must be met in order for newborn to be able to integrate into the local social community.With regard to marriage, it represented an important moment both for the young and for the whole community. The bridal ceremony moments insists on flagand wreath confection, fir and tree decoration.The following are the principal moments of the funeral ceremony:announcing death, preparing for the funeral, forgiveness stops at cross-roads on the way to cemetery, burial, services of remembrance, etc. These were aimed at ensuring a safe journey of the soul to the other world. We insist on unmarried youth's funeral, the funeral with fir.Is presented the oldest description of funerals with fir, (since 1908) together with two funeral songs and a song moaning of the fir, from village Lunca Cernii, Hunedoara region, illustrated with photos made in the village in the third decade of the twentieth century.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 154-178
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Romanian