01 kol Dowries in Selca and on Brač
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Translator’s Note: The original text, attributed to Maja Štambuk, ‘Ova veza ujedinilaje klesarske gene s obje strane’, literal translation, ‘this connection unified the stonemason genes on both sides’, has been substituted with a statement of inheritance and an allusion to the fact that historically, at least in Selca, neither a female or male dowry was provided as a condition of marriage. Similarly, there is not the tradition there of providing inheritance to only male children, hence the use of the plural word ‘dowries’ in the translation. Each half of the marital couple brought to the marriage what they had. The translator has provided the text as described to raise a point about local customs.