Silvester PROLE: ETNHNOCHORELOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ETHNOLOGICAL FILM MIRAVCI WEDDING RECORDED IN 1953

DOI: 10.63702/csembe.2024.1.7.145

Keywords: Ethnological films: Vardar films; Miravci Wedding; traditional folk dances; ethnological analysis;

Abstract:
The oldest visual entries that give evidence of the traditional Macedonian culture are from the period of the XIV century, those are wall murals and iconostasis in the oldest monasteries around the country. After them, visually evidence of the tradition, the folk dances, the songs, the instruments and the clothing culture ( the traditional robe) are enabled by the appearance of the first film camera in Macedonia and the first recorded evidence of the Manaki brothers from 1905. Later, with the advancement of the film industry and cinematography, around 1950, short ethnological films were recorded in which activities from people’s every day lives were portrayed. Miravci wedding is one of the many films which testify the former tradition and culture. Customs, rituals in the region around Gevgelija, to be more precise in the village Miravci.

References:
– Angelina Gjorgieva, born in 1967 in the village of Miravci, married in the village of Miravci, lives in the village of Miravci.
– Kostanda Petrova, born in 1948 in the village of Miravci, married in the village of Miravci, lives in the village of Miravci.
– Dimitar Jovanov, born in 1937 in the village of Petrovo, lives in the village of Miravci.