forgiveness ritual

Hvojna 1

24 (a) pò vɤ̀zrəsnite č’ɛ̀kət nəlì mlàdit’e də dòdət də sə pruštàvət
The older adults wait for the younger ones to come to ask forgiveness [since]

25 (a) tu̥và e d’èn’ zə pruštàvəne zə c’àlə gud’ìnə nòs’ət həlvʌ̀ i rəkìjə
this is the day of forgiving for the entire year. [The younger ones] bring halva and brandy

26 (a) nə pò vʌ̀zrəsnit’e i fàštə rəkɤ̀tə celùvə pruštàvəj kəkvòtu sm’e zgreš’ìli
to the older ones. They kiss their hands, [saying] “Forgive us whatever we have sinned.”

27 (a) i stàrijə ti kàž’e pròstu də ti je
And the older one says to you “You are forgiven.”

CSVWord Document
Subscribe to forgiveness ritual

Text copyright © 2011-2016 Ronelle Alexander and Vladimir Zhobov. Texts and other parts of the website may be copied only for non-commercial, research, or educational purposes, provided the source of the material is cited accordingly. Cited material may not include the entire website or substantial portions thereof.
Comments and questions may be addressed to bdlt@berkeley.edu.

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)

by Dr. Radut