Zadruga

Zadruga

A zadruga (Cyrillic: задруга) refers to a type of rural community historically common among South Slavs. Generally formed of one family or a clan of related families, the zadruga held its property, herds and money in common, with the oldest capable patriarch usually ruling and making decisions for the family. Because the zadruga was based on a patrilocal system, when a girl married, she left her parents' zadruga and joined that of her husband. Within the zadruga, all of the family members worked to insure that the needs of every other member were met.

The zadruga eventually went into decline beginning in the late 19th century, as the largest started to become unmanageable and broke into smaller zadrugas or formed villages. However, the zadruga system continues to color life in the balkans; the typically intense concern for family found among south slavs even today is partly due to centuries of living in the zadruga system. Many modern-day villages in the Balkans have their roots in a zadruga, a large number of them carrying the name of the one that founded them.

Villages and neighbourhoods that originated from zadrugas can often be recognized by the patronymic suffixes, such as "-ivci, -evci, -ovci, -inci, -ci, -ane, -ene", etc., which their names carry.

See also

*Cooperative

External links

* [http://www.country-studies.com/bulgaria/society.html Zadrugas in Bulgarian society]


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