Marriage market
A marriage market is a rural folk festival in the original sense . In a figurative sense, the designation as “standing on the marriage market” is used for personals in newspapers and for dating sites ; Universities are generally regarded as the modern marriage market for academics .
history
In earlier times, when mobility in rural regions was still very limited and the residents of a village were mostly related to one another, a festive marriage market was held annually to initiate marriages across village boundaries and to avoid inbreeding . Many of today's folk festivals, such as fairs and fairgrounds , developed from marriage markets . Since the general increase in mobility in Europe, the annual fairs have lost their importance as marriage fairs.
Weddings in which friends and families formed a large company and an informal rapprochement was also considered a marriage market or an opportunity to find a suitable life partner . In the course of time, this characteristic was replaced by the increased number of evening options in the cities and visits to rural discos.
present
In Bulgaria, the traditional organized communities the boiler wrought (a subgroup of the Roma ) with a yearly bride market , present at which the marriageable women looking for a husband willing to pay. Clan members from all over Bulgaria come to this festive meeting because marriages are only allowed within the clan ( endogamous marriage rule). Men wishing to marry must offer the parents of the desired bride money (between 5,000 and 20,000 euros) so that they consent to a marriage. The process represents a symbolic “bride purchase”, which serves to provide material security for the parents and generally does not take place against the will of the woman.
In Vietnam , the Hmong people still maintain their tradition of an annual marriage market, usually in early May.
Examples
- Brokser marriage market , folk festival in Bruchhausen-Vilsen
- Jauernicker Marriage Market in the Saxon community of Markersdorf
- Kaltennordheimer Heiratsmarkt , Whitsun festival in the southern Thuringian town of Kaltennordheim
- Marriage market at the Hessian chicken church (until the 1960s)
See also
- Marriage group (spatially and socially limited environment)
- Marriage rules (different Ge messenger and Ver messenger)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ J. Bönisch: Heiratsmarkt Hochschule: “Use your chance!” In: Süddeutsche.de. May 17, 2010, accessed June 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Margareth Lanzinger : The secured legacy. Marriage in local and family contexts, Innichen 1700–1900. In: L'Homme. European Journal of Feminist History . Volume 8, Vienna a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-205-99371-3 , pp. 90 ff.
- ↑ Jan Stremmel : Bulgaria: Brautschau. In: Süddeutsche.de. October 16, 2015, accessed June 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Photo gallery: The marriage market in Vietnam: Hope for the right one. In: Spiegel Online. May 14, 2010, accessed June 12, 2019 .
- ^ Joachim Lehmann: Marriage Market and Ascension Club: Jauernicker Marriage Market. In: Markersdorf .de. May 11, 2007, accessed June 12, 2019 .