Nunta pe Târnave: în trecut şi astăzi
Die Hochzeit im Kokeltal, gestern und heute

Summary/Abstract: On Târnavelor Valley as well as in other Romanian regions, traditions have known time’s erosion. This ongoing fainting is greatly due to socio, economical and political factors and thus traditions revival seems to be very diffcult. Considering these facts, our purpose is to reveal, in a comparative study, wedding traditions and rituals as they were once performed in Târnavelor Valley villages in the midst of 20th century. So, following local oldmen testimonies, this study reveals lost traditions concerning the dowry carriage, the wedding flag, horsemen, the bride's grief song etc. The conclusion reached is that the wedding ceremonies preserved much of their spectacular aspect, but, unfortunately, the primary significances disappeared.

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