The Vicinities of Dragus. Past and Present

Social life, in every form of manifestation, takes place within socialunits. In their sphere of inclusion, predominant of families and households, thenkinsfolk (relatives), vicinities and many more, each of these is invested with amajor or minor role, in the daily life of Romanian villages. The vicinities are worthbeing brought out of the great destiny of the rural settlements. Present inancient times only in the coexistence of German Transylvanian villagesettlements, the vicinities gradually also made their way to the orderliness of theRomanian villages. Such a vicinity association was mentioned in the researchmonograph of the Romanian Sociological School of Bucharest in the pre-wartimes of the past century, in Drăguș village (near Făgăraș). Drăguș has beenappreciating this model of vicinity organisation, by keeping some of themeanings and their initial attributes to obtain new ones.