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| Winter 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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