Сватбените дарове в българското социалистическо село – между разточителството и контрола
Wedding Gifts in Bulgarian Socialist Village – between Wastefulness and Control

Author(s): Galin Georgiev
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the broadly discussed topic in Bulgarian socialist society public in the 20th century’s last decade: the splendour wedding, the money and the gift squandering, the demonstration of the material wealth and of the social status. Various forms of the gift exchange are analysed, considering their traditional prototypes and the former tendencies of constructing the rituals. Filedwork ethnographic data suggest "inner" points of view on these phenomena. The attempt of investigating the motives beyond them is made through analysing "the interpretations from the first hand".

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