Iulia-Dorina Stanciu

Changes on the Wedding Ceremony as an Effect of Migration. A Rural Community from Braşov County

Iulia-Dorina Stanciu


Article information

Volume: IX Issue: 2, Pages: 123-140
Iulia-Dorina Stanciu
Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of History and Philosophy,
1 Mihail Kogălniceanu st., Cluj-Napoca,
00-40-753-654-046,
stanciu_iulia_dorina@yahoo.com


Abstract

This study is the result of a fieldwork conducted in the village of Ohaba, Braşov County. It aims to describe the reason for reusing the humorous and satirical extempore verses chanted during the wedding ceremony, in the context of the interethnic alliances determined by migration or alliances between Romanian migrants. We also intend to observe which is the main reason why, villagers from Ohaba, after a period of living and working abroad, return to their native village in order to get married and understand this space as one of certification, that gives validity and authenticity to their act. The phenomenon can be understood as an expression of the sense of belonging to a certain space, which increases and becomes pregnant during the defining events of an individual’s life, such as marriage, but can also be caused by the desire to give the community of origin a chance to take part in their change of status, and so to perceive them as married people in the future. Moreover, this study intends to investigate to what extent the migration has caused the villagers the need to bring out specific forms such as wedding extempore verses- in order to (re)shape their identity.

Keywords: migration, wedding, marriage, Romania, Italy

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