rituals with water

Babjak 3

25 (b) kəto rəzvàləjə č'ùpu i prɤ̀ska: tàm

when they take the flowerpot apart, [everyone] there gets sprinkled [with

26 (b) mlədeštà ženìte se zbìrə: dètu slùša: dètu pɛ̀e:

water] – young people and women who listen and sing – they gather around

27 (b) prɤ̀ska: sus vudàtə i mladeštà i mumìte

and everyone gets sprinkled with water – young people, unmarried girls,

28 (b) i ženìte i i xòrətə kuìtu gi slùša: glèda:

and married women, people who are watching and listening.

Dolno Draglište 1

6 (a) nə ut tùka i ut tùka s lèpᵊ i f rɤcète

from here to there with bread [under her arm] and in her hands –

7 (a) s kòtli vudà i pu nèjə pə vrɤvì mlədužènecu i pìta: gu

pails of water. And the bridegroom walks after her while [people] ask him:

Eremija 2

9 (a) à decàta što smè takvìa pu tri če̝tirnàese godìni

Those of us children who were thirteen or fourteen years old,

10 (a) nèkoe siràče napràvime gu vàjdudùlka

[we find] some orphan [girl] and make her the rain maiden.

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].

Glavanovci 2

15 (a) pa pàj go òkaše sɤ̀što za umrèloto ga òkaše

Well, they called him for the same, they called him when someone died.

16 (a) ama òn min’ùješe ednò vrème bes pàre ta svèteše vòdu

But back then he would come by for free, and bless the water

17 (a) na svì pràznici ama mu vṛ̀liš u kotlèto jà dvàes stotìnki

for all the holidays. You’d either throw twenty stotinkas in his kettle,

Glavanovci 3

59 (a) napràvat si venčèta od zelenìš i sɤs tòčat vodà plìskat se

they make wreaths out of greenery and pour water, sprinkle it

60 (b) če igràjat mòkrat se

They get wet as they dance.

61 (a) mòkrat se ta da predizvìkat ə dɤ̀ž da zàjde

They get wet so as to cause it to start raining,

Oborište 2

42 (a) na velìden ˀotìvat na derèto nòsat buàlkata okɤ̀pat a

on Easter they go to the river, they take the laundry paddle and bathe it.

43 (MM) na kumàta

[The one belonging] to the “godmother”.

44 (a) na u kumàta

[Yes,] “the godmother”.

46 (a) tàa dèto e

The one that was …

48 (a) na làzarkite ìdat na derèto dèk ne presɤ̀:va derèto

… with the “lazarki”. They go to the river, to a place where it never dries up,

49 (a) okɤ̀pat buàlkat tàm dèt še bùame drèite è

they bathe the laundry paddle in the place where we launder the clothes –

51 (a) na onovà dɤrvò mu kàzvame buxàlka i sa vrɤ̀štat

that piece of wood, we call it a laundry paddle – and [then] they come back.

117 (a) sèki iznòsi kotèla sɤz vòda i ja zalìva

and each one takes out a kettle of water and pours it out

119 (d) polìvame dudùlkata

We pour water on the "vaydudulka" (the center of the rain ritual, the one decorated with greenery)

Petrov Dol 2

16 (a) emi mòjta màjka inò vr’ɛ̀mi stàwələ hɤ

So in the old days my mother would get up – Huh.

18 (a) a št’èli ə ut’ùət mɤl’čàna vudà mu kàzwat ut’ùət dunàs’ət

They’d be off [to get] what you call “silent water”: they go [at night] and bring back

19 (a) pr’àsnə vudà ut ču̥šmàta um’ès’et p’ìt’i xl’àp

fresh water from the well. They knead up loaves of bread –

91 (a) pr’àsnu s’ìr’en’e pràj slàgəmi p’ìt’it’ȅ mu ba i màlkit’i d’ecà

make fresh cheese. We put out the round breads, and the little children

92 (a) sɤs inà koprìva i sɤs vudà

[each] with a nettle stalk, and with water –

94 (a) minàwət sìčkit’i xòrə

Everyone passes by [the children] ...

96 (a) də prɤ̀skəmi prɤ̀skəd gi rɤ̀s’ət rɤ̀s’əd gi

... and we sprinkle. [The children] sprinkle them, they shower them [with the wet nettles].

97 (e) sè ednò pòp

Just like the priest.

98 (a) i kətu pòp kətu i pòp sè jnò i sɤ̀št pòp

Like the priest. Like the priest, exactly like the priest.

99 (a) tɤ̀j rɤ̀s’əwmi i id’èm pièm i vìkət v’èsela ràbuta

So we’d sprinkle [people], and we eat, and drink, and shout – merriment!

Petŭrnica

12 (a) otkɤ̀sneše ednò končènce drɛ̀ška dèto spì

She snipped off a thread from [the child’s] clothing [at a point] where he slept [on it]

13 (a) i tùrne f ədnɤ̀ čàša vudɤ̀ i gl’èda po tàa stàru tә̥kòvu

and dropped it into a glass of water and looked at it in the “old manner”.

14 (a) abe dɛ̀do dàj dàj rèče da ti poglèdna tòj dàde podàde

“Well, Grandpa, give over,” she said, “so I can look at you [too]. And he gave –

15 (a) podàde ednò končè ud nèja i t’à gu spuštì dvà pɤti̥ trì pɤti

he gave over a thread from his [clothing] and she dunked it twice,

16 (a) trì pɤti f čàšə̥tə i vìka prez mlàdi godìni si bì: pastìr

three times in the glass, and said, “In your early years you were a herdsman,

Vasiljovo 1

86 (a) še zakòlim àgne še dòde pòpa še svetì vòda za

We’ll slaughter a lamb. The priest will come and consecrate the water for –

87 (a) b’àl kot’èl sv’etì vòda čet’è̝ tàm i s’èki i še tṛ̀gnem

[It’s in a] tin-plated kettle. He blesses the water, reads [a prayer there, and then we all go off

88 (a) ə kato isčet’è̝ s’èki otìva pri pòpa tòj go pṛ̀ska

After the prayer, everyone goes up to the priest and he sprinkles them

89 (a) sas kìtkata napràil kìtka ud zdràvec i bosìl’ek kṛstàd bosìl’ek

with a bouquet. He’s made a bouquet of wild geranium and basil, shaped in a cross.

90 (a) i tùri gu tùk čùkne go takà ta go pṛ̀sne

He puts it there, taps it so that it sprinkles.

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