Lazar singing

100 (a) dà koledarì na momčètata tàmo momìčeta pa làzarica ka dòjde

Yes, koledari. That’s the boys. And the girls are “Lazar-singers”. When they come …

26 (a) dvè po dvè pèea

they’d [go out] two by two and sing.

27 (a) pèa làzarɤ zèmat kòšnika sɤs ejcà kato ìdat

They sing Lazar-songs, they take a basket with eggs [in it] as they go along …

29 (a) da pèat dòdat u nàs pèatᵊ si ako ìməm icè

… singing. They come to our house, they sing. If I have an egg

30 (a) dàm im əko nèma

I give them [eggs], if not –

32 (a) koè mi e pò svòe še mu dàm pa i

Whoever is the closest [relation] to me, I’ll give her

33 (a) drùgo n’àšto grìvna bilò prɤ̀sten bilò

something else, maybe a bracelet, maybe a ring

35 (a) ə kòj nè e sàmo icètu im tùrnə f kòšnika

For the ones who aren’t [close relations] I’ll just put an egg in the basket

37 (a) tìa kəd gi sɤberɤ̀t si gi delɤ̀t pòsle

and afterwards they’ll gather up [all the eggs] and divide them [among themselves].

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