ritual songs

11 (b) i s kətu nətòpa: tuvà cvɛ̀te f č’ùpu i večertà gu upɛ̀va:

And when they put the flowers in the pot, in the evening they sing [and]

12 (b) upɛ̀va: upɛ̀va: prez noštà gu iznàs’a: udvɤ̀nkə

sing [and] sing over [each pot] and then at night they carry them outdoors

33 (a) ut.tam tɔ̀rnəhə ìd'ehə u nev'ɛ̀stətə zɔ prekrìehà jə zəp'ɛ̀ehə

They set out from there, went to the bride’s to – They covered her hair and began to sing:

34 (a) jèlə sə svìvə prevìvə mumà s ròdum pruštàvəj

“The fir tree bends down, bends over; the girl takes leave of her family, [singing]

35 (a) stàrə màjč'ice d'ètu mə si kùtilə d'èv'et gudi d'èv'et m'ɛ̀sečku

‘Dear old mother, you carried me nine – nine sweet months

36 (a) nə sərc'è i trì gudìnki nə rəc'è izved'ɛ̀hə jə i tìdəhə tugà

next to your heart and three sweet years in your arms.’ ” They’d lead her out and then go

12 (a) nakìtime go sos cvetjà sos takòva venèc na glavàta i zème kotlènce

We decorate her with flowers, a wreath on her head, she takes a small pot

13 (a) u na rakàta bèlo i vodìčka i nìe slet nìx pèeme

in her hand, white, with water, and we [go] after them and sing

14 (a) vàjdudùle dàj bòže dòš onà rɤ̀si

“Oh Dodola, God grant rain!” and she sprinkles [the water].

46 (a) a pa nìe momìčeta sə zbìra:me pɤk ta pejè̝m pṛ̀stenete

And we girls would get together and sing [songs of enchantment] over our rings.

47 (a) tùka vaf rekɛ̀ta sme sa zè̝le ta gi pejè̝m

We came to “sing” over the rings here at the river, [which]

48 (a) i tò ə l’è̝t ɛ̀ zbràli sa sa momìčeta i momčè̝ta

is [at this point] ice. So the boys and girls got together,

49 (a) i nìe z’è̝mat belò kotl’è i sipàle vɛ̀tre vòda

and we – they take a tin-plated kettle [that] they’ve poured water into,

50 (a) i tùrnat na ledɛ̀ put kutl’èto ə uv’ès put kutl’èto

and put it on the ice, and under the kettle – there’s oats under the kettle.

51 (a) i nal’ì ìmame s’è̝ pṛ̀stenčeta pu rac’è̝te pṛ̀stene

And, you know, we all have little rings on our hands. Rings.

52 (a) ɛ̀ s’è̝ki si spùsti pṛ̀sten’e vɛ̀tre vav vodɛ̀ta i pejè̝m gi

So each one drops her rings into the water, and we sing over them.

53 (a) ta ispejè̝m pesentɛ̀ i prib’è̝rat tovà sproti vasìl

We finish the songs and they take – on the night before St. Basil’s Day –

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