Život mladih, pripreme za brak i sklapanje braka u selima u okolici Novske
The Life of Youth, Preparations for Marriage and Contraction of Marriage in Villages in the Surroundings of Novska

Summary/Abstract: This contribution represents a systematic survey of the material connected with pre-marriage and wedding customs in the surroundings of Novska, which was gathered during a field research in February, 1999. The research was conducted by Milana Černelić, whereas Nevena Škrbić transcribed the recorded material and made the synthesis of gathered data. The following localities situated in Western Slavonia have entered the scope of this paper: Kozarice, Stari Grabovac, Gornji Bogićevci, Rajić and Brestača. The narrations of informants have referred to the period starting from the twenties of the 20th century to the present. Apart from the field transcriptions, data from the Questionnaire of the Ethnological Atlas, related to the villages of Stari Grabovac, Kozarice and Gornji Bogićevci, have also been used in this article. The notes on traditional way of life in manuscripts of Luka Pejaković, an inhabitant of Stari Grabovac, and Katica Pereković, born in Gornji Bogićevci, have also been included in the text, as well as the field report of Marija Ostojić, a student of ethnology, describing the wedding customs of Gornji Bogićevci.

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