THE WEDDING FLAG FROM MARAMUREȘ
THE WEDDING FLAG FROM MARAMUREȘ

Summary/Abstract: The customs characterize a specific community representing spontaneous forms of culture traditionalizing. Characterized by a pronounced tendency of conservation, the customs remain intact for a long time, even after their social need lost ground. The way of manufacturing the wedding flag in Maramureș is given by Corina Isabella Csiszar's article - Customs in Maramures County within nuptial events, in the magazine entitled Memoria Ethnologică, year XI, no. 38-39, 2011. In the article Nuptial Habits of Prislop, Boiu Mare commune, from magazine Memoria Ethnologică, year XVI, no. 58-59, 2016 the author, Corina Isabella Csiszar briefly mentions the wedding flag. In Vasile Bele's article Traditional wedding from magazine Memoria Ethnologică, year XVI, no. 60-61, July-December 2016, it appears the name of "palțău" for the wedding flag. Maria Mirela Poduț, in ritual Sequences of nuptial ritual in Şurdeşti, from magazine Memoria Ethnologică, year XIII, no. 48-49, July-December 2013 recalls the sewing of the flag. Pursued in this area of Maramures, the wedding flag ceremony presents many similarities. The ritual manifests uniformly, both as act, practices and ritual objects and the meanings involved.

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