Vasiljovo 2

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Vasiljovo 2

1 (VZh) [How was the village settled?]

2 (b) [0:01] How was it settled? Well, let me tell you. [It was] like this.

3 (b) [0:04] People from Teteven settled here because of their livestock – to have enough space

4 (b) [0:10] for them to graze. And they also kept houses in town.

5 (b) [0:15] So - they work here [in the field], and keep houses in the town,

6 (b) [0:18] up to the school. [The area] beyond the school was settled by people from Brusen.

7 (b) [0:22] From the center of Vasilyovo onwards, it’s Brusen people – where they came from

8 (b) [0:28] [is] Brusen. Then further up are the “Shope” people. The Shope people are there.

9 (b) [0:32] The Shope people escaped from the Shope region and came there.

10 (b) [0:35] Then they settled there. And further on up are Greeks,

11 (b) [0:39] a Greek tribe. And then there’s also a tribe from the Klisura region.

12 (b) [0:42] All [of them] fled [from somewhere], and since it was empty here,

13 (b) [0:45] they came, and stayed here, and that’s how it happened.

14 (b) [0:49] The village got settled. And [the population] got to be dense. How many houses –

15 (b) [0:52] I don’t know how many there are now. I’m neither interested in [that fact]

16 (b) [0:55] nor do I know [it], but I remember it being thirty “kushti” (houses).

17 (VZh) [Didn’t you used to say “keshti”?]

18 (b) [0:59] Thirty “keshti” then.

19 (VZh) [How did you observe the holidays in olden times?]

20 (b) [1:01] In the old days this is how we observed the holidays. When Easter came,

21 (b) [1:05] we celebrated it for three days. And we we’d go and gather together

22 (b) [1:10] with people from Ribarche for there to be more us, since we were few.

23 (b) [1:13] And we’d engage bagpipe players and violinists, wherever musicians came from,

24 (b) [1:19] and they played for us, and we celebrated three days.

25 (b) [1:23] For three days we’d go out, musicians played, and we celebrated.

26 (b) [1:28] Then would come the day of the Holy Ghost, and on that day too we go –

27 (b) [1:31] [as] on holidays, we gather somewhere – and then the day of Ascension, and so on.

28 (b) [1:35] We’d gather together at certain ritual spots outside the village, and dance.

29 (b) [1:40] And the bagpipe players would play for us, either with whistles or bagpipe chanters,

30 (b) [1:44] such types of reed whistles – and we even danced to trumpets!

31 (b) [1:47] Little trumpets - we also danced to trumpets.

1 (VZh) [Как се е заселило това село?]

[How was the village settled?]

2 (b) [0:01] ami kàk se e zasè̝lilo nalì ti kàzvam takà

How was it settled? Well, let me tell you. [It was] like this.

3 (b) [0:04] tùka tetev’èncite sa sa zas’è̝lile zərəd dobìtakḁ da im e širòko

People from Teteven settled here because of their livestock – to have enough space

4 (b) [0:10] da pasɛ̀t i si sə podṛžèli i v gradɛ̀ kɤ̀štite

for them to graze. And they also kept houses in town.

5 (b) [0:15] tovà tùka si rabòtat a po gradɛ̀ si podṛ̀žat kɤ̀štite

So - they work here [in the field], and keep houses in the town,

6 (b) [0:18] du učìlišteto̥ ud učìlišteto tàm sa sa zas’è̝lile pa brusn’ène

up to the school. [The area] beyond the school was settled by people from Brusen.

7 (b) [0:22] ut sredɛ̀ta na vasìl’ovo tàm pa brusn’ène udd’è̝ sa došlè

From the center of Vasilyovo onwards, it’s Brusen people – where they came from

8 (b) [0:28] pàk ud brùsen pò nagòre pa šòpeto̥ šòpeto pa tàm

[is] Brusen. Then further up are the “Shope” people. The Shope people are there.

9 (b) [0:32] pà šòpe sa izb’àgale ot šoplùka ta sa došl’è̝ tàm

The Shope people escaped from the Shope region and came there.

10 (b) [0:35] ta sa zas’è̝lia pa t’èa ot tàm pò nagòre pak gṛ̀cite

Then they settled there. And further on up are Greeks,

11 (b) [0:39] pa gṛ̀cko pl’ème ìma i i takòva klisùrsko pl’ème

a Greek tribe. And then there’s also a tribe from the Klisura region.

12 (b) [0:42] s’è̝ takà sa izb’àgale koto e bilò puštin’àk tùkəna

All [of them] fled [from somewhere], and since it was empty here,

13 (b) [0:45] i sa zas’è̝lile i si zastànale tùka i takà si ostanà

they came, and stayed here, and that’s how it happened.

14 (b) [0:49] i se zas’è̝li selòto si stanɛ̀ gɤ̀sto v’è̝ke kòlko kɤ̀šti

The village got settled. And [the population] got to be dense. How many houses –

15 (b) [0:52] ne gì znàm kòlko sa segàkana i nì sa interesùvam

I don’t know how many there are now. I’m neither interested in [that fact]

16 (b) [0:55] nì gi znàja kòlko sa ama səm gi zapòmnila trìese kɤ̀šti

nor do I know [it], but I remember it being thirty “kushti” (houses).

17 (VZh) [Не беше ли кeщи?]

[Didn’t you used to say “keshti”?]

18 (b) [0:59] trìese kɛ̀šti takà

Thirty “keshti” then.

19 (VZh) [Как прекарвахте празниците едно време?]

[How did you observe the holidays in olden times?]

20 (b) [1:01] ama n’àkogi takà prekàrvame pràznicite̥ dòdeše velìgden

In the old days this is how we observed the holidays. When Easter came,

21 (b) [1:05] trì d’èna si go pràzvame i si òde:me ta si sa sabìra:me

we celebrated it for three days. And we we’d go and gather together