%D 2012
%O Bibliogr.: p. 37-39. ĂŠs a lĂĄbjegyzetekben ; ĂśsszefoglalĂĄs angol nyelven
%S Szegedi vallĂĄsi nĂŠprajzi kĂśnyvtĂĄr
%L acta70457
%T A csĂ­ksomlyĂłi kegyszobor szerepe a gyimesi csĂĄngĂłk eljegyzĂŠsi rĂ­tusaiban
%V 31
%A  Balatonyi Judit
%K Művelődéstörténet - székely, Csángók, Székelyföld - honismeret, Gyimes-völgy - néprajz, Népi vallásosság, Folklór
%P 26-39
%J VallĂĄs, kĂśzĂśssĂŠg, identitĂĄs
%X In the present paper I examine the organization of a special wedding ring ceremony of the CsĂĄngĂłs, held at the statue of the Virgin Mary in CsĂ­ksomlyĂł (Romania). The rite is in practice since the 1970s, but in the middle of the 2000s its function has changed significantly. 10-20 years ago the CsĂĄngĂłs considered this rite as an abnormal strategy of deviant people - for instance of those living together without being married. In a sense, this ceremony was analogous to "official" church weddings, that is, the young couple exchanged rings and vows, but - as it has always been a kind of "makeshift" - without the presence of any priests or witnesses. Untilthe middle of the 1990s the main/most important/basic function of the practice was to enable deviant people to emerge from their marginal position and get a new social status. Nowadays this ceremony is usually referred as a kind of traditional betrothal; moreover the CsĂĄngĂłs attribute important religious meanings and improver-modernizing function to it - not to mention its economic aspects.