Seasonality and Characteristics of Marriages in Sremska Mitrovica

Sekulić, Milena and Solarević, Milica and Timotijević, Srđan (2021) Seasonality and Characteristics of Marriages in Sremska Mitrovica. In: THE 5TH SERBIAN CONGRESS OF GEOGRAPHERS - INNOVATIVE APPROACH AND PERSPECTIVES OF THE APPLIED GEOGRAPHY. University of Novi Sad | Faculty of Sciences Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, pp. 129-135. ISBN 978-86-7031-589-1

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Abstract

Marriage is a socially acceptable institution in which biological and socio-cultural components interact. One of the most important features of marriage is seasonality because different factors affect the time of entering into marriage, which is the primary subject of this research, analyzed on the example of the settlement Sremska Mitrovica. In agrarian societies, natural conditions were mostly between key factors that influenced the date of entering into marriage. Religion was often the deciding factor of seasonal marriage because of the limitation of dates in which it was allowed, because of religious holidays and periods that were preceded by religious holidays. The goal of this research is to highlight and notice specific trends, marital norms and patterns, the seasonality of marriage as well as to connect those changes with historical, political, economical, cultural and social contexts. Data were obtained from marriage registers (1900-2011) in Sremska Mitrovica. The characteristics of marriage in Sremska Mitrovica in the period from 1900 to 2011 were changing under the influence of historical and demographic heritage as well as the factors mentioned which also affected the seasonality of marriage in this period. In the observed period of 112 years, the highest percentage of marriages are made during autumn, in November.

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