Ramygalos apylinkių šeimos papročiai: vestuvės, gimtuvės, vaikų auklėjimas ir socializacija

Abstract

The goal of the paper is to discuss the family customs in Ramygala area and their local peculiarities from the end of 19th c. to the 20th c. The bacic source of the present work is ethnographic field material collected by the author during indivividual expeditions in 1985-2012 in Ramygal and its area. The ethnographic materiali is collected by filling an author’s created questionnaire The Role of A Woman in Family Traditions about the customs of birthdays, baptism, raising and socialization of children as well as weddings. The following field investigation methods have been used: conversation; structured and comprehensive interview, and polling of older and well-informed people. To analyse the material collected, the historical comparativee and interpretative methods have been applied. Generalisation of the material collected enabled to distinguish local peculiarities in family customs of the Ramygala area.