Water in the life of people of Kobjeglava and Tupelče

Abstract

Presented in the contribution are methods of accumulation, storage and use of rainwater, the only available water in the Karst villages of Kobjeglava and Tupelče, and the relation of the people to this good. Used for the presentation were some archival sources, own observations during fieldwork at the end of 2006 and information acquired by verbal sources. Described are forms of storage of drinking water and water for other needs of the household and for watering cattle, from primeval to different types of wells, which present the most sophisticated form of preservation of water beforehand the aqueduct in 1988.