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Melanka khodyla, Vasyl'ka budyla

Het'manivka (Kharkivs'ka oblast)


Lyrics

Melanka khodyla, Vasyl'ka budyla,
Vasyl'ku, miy synku, pusty v khatynon'ku.

Ya zhyta ne zhala, zolotyy khrest derzhala,
Zolotu kadyl'nytsyu, sribnu taril'nytsyu.

Raduytesya lyudy, to v vas Khrystos bude,
Bohu svichku stavte, nam pyrizhok dayte.

Sl: Til'ky ne lamayte, tsilen'kyy dayte,
Ta z Melankamy, ta z Vasyl'kamy, z Rizdvom Khrystovym!





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Location

Birthplace of the Performers



Performers

Dvornyk Olena Anatoliyivna (1961)
Moskalenko Lyudmyla Ivanivna (1953)
Ryzhova Hanna Petrivna (1935)
Savsyuk Lyubov Hryhorivna (1951)
Svyrydova Hanna Denysivna (1936)
Tselikova Svitlana Fedorivna (1956)




Information

Genre:

Сalendar and ritual songs
  Shchedrivky, St. Basil’s songs
  Malanka


Context of performing:

Seasons
  Winter
Fixed feasts (Solar calendar rites, the same date every year)
  13.01 Shchedryi vechir, Melanka (The New Year Eve according to Julian calendar)




Participants

Collectors:

Both Miklos
Myroslava Vertiuk


Descriptors:

Igor Perevertniuk


Date of collecting:

2018-09-26



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