Abstract
Social life, in every form of manifestation, takes place within social units. In their sphere of inclusion, predominant of families and households, then kinsfolk (relatives), vicinities and many more, each of these is invested with a major or minor role, in the daily life of Romanian villages. The vicinities are worth being brought out of the great destiny of the rural settlements. Present in ancient times only in the coexistence of German Transylvanian village settlements, the vicinities gradually also made their way to the orderliness of the Romanian villages. Such a vicinity association was mentioned in the research monograph of the Romanian Sociological School of Bucharest in the pre-war times of the past century, in Drăguș village (near Făgăraș). Drăguș has been appreciating this model of vicinity organisation, by keeping some of the meanings and their initial attributes to obtain new ones.
Highlights
The Olt Country, one of the ”oldest local Romanian organisations” within Romanian area includes the village of Drăguș with ”its properly delineated lands.” Located in the second row of villages between the Olt River and the mountains, Drăguș is part of the settlements which have remained truly Romanian, despite the foreign conquering enemies
Present in ancient times only in the coexistence of German Transylvanian village settlements, the vicinities gradually made their way to the orderliness of the Romanian villages
Such a vicinity association was mentioned in the research monograph of the Romanian Sociological School of Bucharest in the pre-war times of the past century, in Drăguș village
Summary
The Olt Country, one of the ”oldest local Romanian organisations” within Romanian area includes the village of Drăguș with ”its properly delineated lands.” Located in the second row of villages between the Olt River and the mountains, Drăguș is part of the settlements which have remained truly Romanian, despite the foreign conquering enemies. The two sociologists, prominent members of the Sociological School of Bucharest, had taken notice of the roles of the vicinities in the distribution of the local social life and its importance during the research monograph of Drăguș in 1929. It is worth noting that in the interwar period of the past century, the vicinities were fully planned and invested with social meanings derived from the needs of the village community. The vicinities used to have a limited number of functions focusing on ”intermittent mutual aid” The diversification of their functions was done gradually, this addition empowering them enough in the effort to maintain a stable system of the village communities in their eagerness to rise above their fates. We will make a short but hopefully useful analysis of some of them
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