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FOLIA ETHNOGRAPHICA 40/2006
Abstract
Kornélia Jakubíková
The article deals with the evolution trends of the wedding in the 2nd half of the 20th
century in the country population of Slowakia.
Key words: Wedding - evolution - contemporary trends
Abstract
Helena Beránková
The photography is closed to wedding rituals from the end of the 19th century, even in local
agricultural communities. Except the visual information seen from the first or the second sight,
there are also local's history or family's history contexts, that can be clarified only trough a
direct narrative process.
Key words: Wedding photographs - oral history - family and local specifics - Moravia - the 20th century
Abstract
Lenka Nováková
The article deals with the collection of wedding dresses and accesories created in the last years
in the Ethnographic Institute / Moravian Museum. The collection documents the changes of materials,
cuts, colours and abilities of the tailors depending on the evolution of the style and fashion. The
second part of the article presents the results of a survey concerning the look of the bride.
Key words: Wedding dress - city clothes - period 1880-1970 - collections of the Ethnographic Institute of the Moravian Museum
Abstract
Alena Kalinová
Thoughout the history, ceramic objects connected with the wedding ceremony can be identified.
These items fulfilled a concrete ceremonial function (table dishes, moulds for wedding cake, bowls
and plates from witch corn was thrown on the wedding guests or in which money was collected).
Other ceramic products were used as gifts or a part of the trousseau. In the folk milieu, bakery
moulds from the 19th century have been conserved. In the 20th century, ceramics have often been used as gifts.
Key words: Wedding - ceramics - 19th and 20th centuries - bakery moulds - wedding presents - trousseau
Abstract
Jarmila Pechová
The article, based on written sources and oral information, deals with the course of the wedding
in five former German communities in the Vyškov region, that formed the so called Vyškov language
island. The circumstances of the choice of the partner, the wedding cloathes and pastry are also
described. The article contains a description of a concrete wedding in Rostěnice in 1935.
Key words: Wedding - Germans - choice of the partner - mixtes marriages - wedding provisions - wedding gifts - closing the way - wedding headgear - selling the bride - duvet transport - introduction of the young wife unter married women - wedding clothes - Kučerov - Hlubočany - Rostěnice - Zvonovice - Lysovice - Terešov - Komořany - Čechyně
Abstract
Dana Veselská
This article summarizes the basic points of departure and sources for a study on the traditional
Ashkenazi wedding ceremony and provides information on the results of a long-term research project of
the Jewish Museum in Prague.
Key words: Jews - Judaism - wedding - ceremonies
Abstract
Karel Altman
Taverns and inns have been a place used by wedding guests since the Middle Ages. Medieval halls
like spaces of burgess houses, later village pubs and contemporary restaurants in modern cities have
layed a special role in this context.
Key words: Wedding - inn - city - Czech Lands
Abstract
Alexandra Zvonařová
Description of four wedding pennons from the collections of the Regional Museum Jindřichův
Hradec originating from the Bohemian-Moravian border near Počátky, from the 2nd half of the 19th
century. Collected by František Lega and his wife Julie for the Enthnographic exhibitions in Prague
in 1891 and 1895 and in Jindřichův Hradec in 1894.
Key words: Wedding - ceremonial textile - wedding pennons - South Bohemia
Abstract
Eva Večerková
A large, rich decorated cake was a special pastry in traditional weddings. It was connected
with special acts and folklore tokens. In Moravia it presents several shape and decoration variants.
Key words: Ceremonial pastry - wedding cake - 19th and 20th centuries - Moravia