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:

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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