Reference Type: Book Section
Author: Rodica Colta, Elena
Year: 2010
Title: Az angyalkúti (Arad megyei) szlovák kisebbség identitáskeresése és identitásvesztése
Translated Title: [Slovak minority in Fântânele (Arad County) between search and loss of identity model]
Editor: Jakab, Albert Zsolt - Peti, Lehel
Book Title: Kisebbségek interetnikus kontaktzónában. Csehek és szlovákok Romániában és Magyarországon
City: Kolozsvár
Publisher: Nemzeti Kisebbségkutató Intézet, Kriterion
Pages: 149-183
Language: Hungarian
Keywords: Slovakian minority, sociology, ethnic identity, settlement, migration, integration, assimilation, education, language use, culture, traditions, dwelling, interethnic relationships
Abstract: (En) Founded by the Germans in the middle of the 18th Century, the village is multiethnic nowadays, after the mass departure of the Germans, replaced by Romanian, Slovak and Hungarian colonists, the majority being Romanians.
The Slovaks arrived from Bihor Mountains. They had difficulties in preserving their identity within the German culture which they assumed along with their houses, the church and the cemetery.
On forgetting the traditional cultural model, which came from the Bihar mountains, the modernity contributed as well, and the process resulted in the substitution of traditional values with new ones, adequated to the urban culture.
Finally, the younger generation, who studied in Romanian schools, would not be different than the Romanian majority, among whom he lives.
URL: http://ispmn.gov.ro/uploads/ISPMN_Kisebbsegek.pdf
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