Darovina i milošća za vrijeme ašikovanja i svatova u Davoru
Gifts Presented During the Courting and Wedding Ceremonies in Davor

Summary/Abstract: The article describes wedding customs in Davor, a central Slavonian village located near the river Sava. The village was inhabited during the Turkish rule and resettled after the Turks had left by Croatian and Serbian settlers from Bosnia, more precisely from the region around Kupres as suggested by I. Kerdić. By the 1940s the Serbian population more or less emigrated from this territory. Wedding customs in Davor are presented in the from they had at the beginning of this century. The account is based on information gathered during recent fieldwork. They include various events and appropriate rules of customary behavior such as the courting period, proposal, betrothal, and wedding proper consisting of several customs of which »vinci« is one that disappeared the earliest. Each of these several customs of which »vinci« is one that disappeared earliest.

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