Wedding Traditions of the Bessarabian Germans in Danube Region (1814/1940)

Wedding Traditions of the Bessarabian Germans in Danube Region (1814/1940)

The article deals with an excursus into the history of the Bessarabian German colonies (1814/1940) and illustrates little-known pages of their wedding traditions. The author pays special attention to the description of national ceremonies “Bridesmaid”, “Engagement”, “Wedding Train”, “Marriage”, “...

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Main Author: Nataliia Golovina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Danubius University 2019-10-01
Series:Journal of Danubian Studies and Research
Subjects:
culture; rite; tradition; wedding; lexical culture
Online Access:http://journals.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/research/article/view/6017/5043
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spelling doaj-df07f551484b421d954f83d83265b7222020-11-25T00:36:53ZengDanubius University Journal of Danubian Studies and Research2284-52242019-10-0191131143Wedding Traditions of the Bessarabian Germans in Danube Region (1814/1940)Nataliia Golovina0Izmail State University of HumanitiesThe article deals with an excursus into the history of the Bessarabian German colonies (1814/1940) and illustrates little-known pages of their wedding traditions. The author pays special attention to the description of national ceremonies “Bridesmaid”, “Engagement”, “Wedding Train”, “Marriage”, “Church Marriage” and “Wedding Feast”. The “wedding vocabulary” which reflects procedural, agentive and substantive ritual aspects is the national and cultural accent in the given article. The interdisciplinary research way allows the author to assess objectively the facts of the national wedding culture of Bessarabian Germans.http://journals.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/research/article/view/6017/5043culture; rite; tradition; wedding; lexical culture
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Wedding Traditions of the Bessarabian Germans in Danube Region (1814/1940)
Journal of Danubian Studies and Research
culture; rite; tradition; wedding; lexical culture
author_facet Nataliia Golovina
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title Wedding Traditions of the Bessarabian Germans in Danube Region (1814/1940)
title_short Wedding Traditions of the Bessarabian Germans in Danube Region (1814/1940)
title_full Wedding Traditions of the Bessarabian Germans in Danube Region (1814/1940)
title_fullStr Wedding Traditions of the Bessarabian Germans in Danube Region (1814/1940)
title_full_unstemmed Wedding Traditions of the Bessarabian Germans in Danube Region (1814/1940)
title_sort wedding traditions of the bessarabian germans in danube region (1814/1940)
publisher Danubius University
series Journal of Danubian Studies and Research
issn 2284-5224
publishDate 2019-10-01
description The article deals with an excursus into the history of the Bessarabian German colonies (1814/1940) and illustrates little-known pages of their wedding traditions. The author pays special attention to the description of national ceremonies “Bridesmaid”, “Engagement”, “Wedding Train”, “Marriage”, “Church Marriage” and “Wedding Feast”. The “wedding vocabulary” which reflects procedural, agentive and substantive ritual aspects is the national and cultural accent in the given article. The interdisciplinary research way allows the author to assess objectively the facts of the national wedding culture of Bessarabian Germans.
topic culture; rite; tradition; wedding; lexical culture
url http://journals.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/research/article/view/6017/5043
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