religious rituals

religious rituals

Repljana 2

6 (a) i si kòl'amo jàgɤnci i nòsimo u cṛ̀kvu jàgn'e

And we slaughter lambs, [but first] we take a lamb to the church,

7 (a) mùško jàgn'e koè ìma ròdzi zanesèmo ga cṛ̀kva tùka bèše

a male lamb that has horns [already]. We took it. There was a church here,

8 (a) onì g'u razvalìše tàm è tekvòj si ìmaše za jàgɤnci

[but] they tore it down. So that's how it used to be with the lambs

9 (a) svèki si dṛžì jàgn'eto i pòp četì i na jàgn'eto na rògɤt

Each one held his lamb and the priest spoke, and on each lamb's horns

10 (a) svečà zapàleno sve svèšt gorì

there was a lighted candle. A candle was burning.

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Recommended Model for Citations

Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016) Babjak 1: 13-15. In: Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)

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