Rituals Tradition
Weddings in the Roma community: a cultural keystone Analysis of the family and marital union as a connective network by Nicòl De Giosa
Roma woman showing her ring
© Nicòl De Giosa
“The family is the heart of society, the vital organ the basic structure of relationships and sociothat develops the basic structure of relationships” economic organizations. The Roma community differs from the mass (individualist) communiFor the Roma community, the family is the ty, in which the value of kinship as a connecheart of society, the vital organ that develops tive network fades, as interpersonal relation-
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