Reference Type: Book Section
Author: Rodica Colta, Elena
Year: 2010
Title: Minoritatea slovacă din Fântânele (jud. Arad) între căutarea şi pierderea modelului identitar
Translated Title: [Slovak minority in Fântânele (Arad County) between search and loss of identity model]
Editor: Jakab, Albert Zsolt - Peti, Lehel
Book Title: Minorităţi în zonele de contact interetnic. Cehii şi slovacii în România şi Ungaria
City: Cluj-Napoca
Publisher: ISPMN (The Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities), Kriterion
Pages: 151-181
Language: Romanian
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://www.ispmn.gov.ro/uploads/ISPMN_2010_Minoritati_fragmente.pdf
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