vesnyanki

Japanese: vesnyanki
vesnyanki

...Kolyadka is a song that accompanies a rite of harvest celebration, and young people sing it like Christmas carolers as they go door-to-door through the bitter cold. Vesnyanki, sung at Easter, are literally songs about spring and have a magical function of awakening spring. The summer solstice is celebrated by the Feast of Ivan, traditionally called the Feast of Ivan Kupáro, and is accompanied by a series of songs.

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Japanese:

…コリャートカkolyadkaは豊作予祝の儀礼に伴われる歌で,厳寒のなかをクリスマス・キャロルのように若者たちが歌いながら門付をして歩く。復活祭の時期に歌われるベスニャンキvesnyankiは文字通り春vesnaの歌で,春を目覚めさせるという魔術的な機能をもっている。夏至(げし)にはヨハネ祭が行われるが,これは伝統的には〈イワン・クパーロの祭事〉と呼ばれ,一連の歌を伴う。…

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