Easter fast

21 (a) velìgd'èn kətu zəguv'àeme pɤ̀rvətə zəguv'àlkə b'àše še zəguv'àene misòtu̥

Easter is when we observe the first fast period. We would abstain from meat.

22 (a) m'èsu n'àmə də idène pɤ̀rvətə nd'àl'ə ə du ftòrətə ši idène

We wouldn’t eat any meat, not for the first week. And for the second we’ll eat

23 (a) icà sìren'e mlikò ə ftòrutu zəguv'àvəni du velìgd'èn' nìšto

eggs, cheese, milk. And in the second fast period of Easter, nothing.

24 (a) nìštu n'ètu mlikò n'ètu icè n'ètu m'èsu n'ètu rìbətə

Nothing. Neither milk, nor eggs, nor meat, nor – But [as for] fish

25 (a) dvà pɤ̀ti jəd'àhi jàdəhne jəd'àhne i màjkit'e sə ni pìtəli

we would eat that twice, and our mothers would ask us

26 (a) təkà màjko zəšt'ò nə vrɤ̀bnəcə i nə

like this: “Mother’s children, why on Palm Sunday and on … “

27 (VZh) i na blàgovec xə

and on Annunciation, right?

28 (a) à təkà zəštòtu rìbətə nə gləvàtə imàlə krɤ̀s i təkà

Right. Because a fish has a cross on its head, and so –

29 (a) gòsput jə i u glɤvɤ̀tə [unintelligible] zərət tòu krɤ̀s

The Lord [unintelligible] to its head. And because of that cross

30 (a) dvà pɤ̀t'ɨ sə jàlə i ə fs'àki pùs si e

[fish] is eaten twice. And each fast is [its own] –

31 (a) pu n'àkəv den' imə təkɤ̀v də idə̀t zətùj se e jàlə

there’s a certain day when you eat a certain way. So that’s why [fish] was eaten.

49 (VZh) [Постите не продължават ли и на тоя ден?]

[Did you keep on fasting on that day also?]

50 (a) əmì dutugàvə sə pòsti əmə tugà nə velìgden si jədʌ̀t v’èče

Well, you fast up till then, but on Easter you eat already –

51 (a) i m’ʌ̀su i jəcà i ml’əkò segà

meat, and eggs, and milk –

52 (VZh) bànici

[And] banitsa –

53 (a) i bànici pràim’e jədʌ̀t sìčku

[Yes,] we make banitsa too. They eat everything [at that point].

9 (a) və təkà seà vəz velìdencku̥ guv’àne mu vìkəme velìki pun’ed’èlnik

So – now, during the Easter fast, we call it Holy Monday –

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