Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 8. (1978)
Studii şi materiale - III. Etnografie
77 FOLCLORUL VAU GURGHIULUI (III) 74?» maghiare, se cifreazä, in general, in jur de 450. Peste cele 108 tipuri de melodii culese, am auzit la Gläjärie о mul(ime de cintece culte de valoare inegalä. Am dori sä semnaläm aici incä una din cauzele cantitä(ii reduse $i a calitäfii modeste a cintecelor populare din Gläjärie. Majoritatea localnicilor lucreazä ca täietori de lemne in tot timpul anului, in munte, sau, tot acolo, la cärbunärit. Oamenii pleacä din sat luni ín zori, $i nu se intőre decit simbätä seara. Duminica о intrebuinjeazä mai cu seamä pentru odihnä. Cu alte cuvinte, intrunirile in sat fiind destul de rare, existä purine prilejuri cind se poate cinta. Viata la pädure favorizeazä in mare mäsurä povestitul, in acela§i timp insä, lipsa indelungatä de la domiciliu dezavantajeazä cintatul. Credem cä in imprejurarea aceasta putem cäuta explicatia curiosului $i contradictoriului fenomen constatat la Gläjärie: bogätia surprinzätoare a patrimoniului de pove§ti populare $i lipsa de vitalitate a cintecului popular. §TEFAN ALMÁSI FOLKLORE FROM THE GURGHIU VALLEY (III) (Summary) The first chapter of the third volume of the monographic study on Gurghiu Valley is devoted to Special Folkloric Occassions: the Sunday dance, spinning and work bees, their role in the maintenance of literary folklore, music and dance is discussed. The chapter on Rituals and Charms treats rituals that are not bound to fixed dates. Special attention is accorded to those rites whose practice includes oral formulas, thereby underlining the dynamic relationship between ritual and folk mythology. The presentation of these rituals is considered from a functional point of view. The chapter concludes the discussion on rituals. Examination of folk literature begins with a chapter on Folk Ballads. 105 variants were collected in the region. Data on the distribution of certain epic motifs constitute an important contribution to Amzulescus typology in which many of these do not appear. This problem is further treated from a musical perspective in the
