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Holidays Carols |
All Christmas traditions
are an important chapter in the Romanian children' folklore. The
carols are a sort of invocation in verse, sung by children on the evenings
of Winter Holidays. These folk creation were born long ago…
"Do you receive
the pretty star,
Pretty and so very bright?
It has appeared on the Earth
Just like God thought it
would be right,
And it could be seen on
high,
Just like me did, in the
sky." |
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Before the "Star
Carols" on the Christmas Eve, children used to sing the following introduction:
"Good morning, Christmas
Eve,
Do you give us some gifts,
do you?"
The host was giving them nuts,
apples, pears, and even coins.
The children also sing a
carol related to the "myth of the eternal return:
"Rain is warm and bathes
Him,
Snow keeps falling, doesn't
touch Him…"
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