Category: Ritual Song
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Eastern Aegean Lesvos, Skoutaro Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Mytilene) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Μυτιλήνη)
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Obediently returning home, she laid the supper table
and patiently sat down to wait until her son should come back.
Sa...
Eastern Aegean Ikaria, Fournoi Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Phourni) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Φούρνοι Ικαρίας)
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Let Martha and let Mary come and Lazarus’ mother
and John the Baptist’s sister too, all four of them together.
They to...
Eastern Aegean Ikaria, Fournoi Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Phourni) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Φούρνοι Ικαρίας)
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– Be off with you, you gypsy scum, and may your hearth grow cold,
and may you lack a second shirt to clothe your wretch...
Pontus Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Pontus) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Πόντος)
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Do you not see that naked man, forlorn and sore afflicted,
who wears a garment steeped in blood,
a thorny crown upon h...
Asia Minor Erythraea, Reisdere Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Reis-Dere) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Pεΐς Ντερέ)
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– O holy John, forerunner and baptizer of my son,
where is my much beloved son, your own beloved teacher?
– My lips wo...
Thrace Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Thrace) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Θράκη)
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Today the sky is sullen black, the day itself is sullen,
today all folk are sorrowing, the mountains are in mourning,
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Central Greece Attiki, Megara Carol Easter Song, Ritual Song
The Roussalia
Τα ρουσάλια - Men's song for Easter Monday
– Greetings to you, lord and master, noble lord and gentleman,
shall we sing you the Roussalia? – Sing them, pray, my hearty...
Propontis Palatia Ritual Song, Fable Song (Ballad)
The Song of Saint George
Το τραγούδι του Αϊ-Γιώργη
A monster plagues our land curled up in a deep well.
We feed it poor townsfolk every morn and every night,
but when a day g...
Cappadocia / Konya Flogita Carol Saturday of Lazarus Carol, Epiphany Carol | Ritual Song
Three Carols: Palm Sunday - Lazarus day - Epiphany
Κάλαντα Λαζάρου - Βαΐων - Φώτων
Eastern Aegean Ikaria, Fournoi Carol Epiphany Carol, Ritual Song
Today Is Epiphany, Feast of Light (Ikaria)
Σήμερα τα Φώτα και οι φωτισμοί
Thrace Carol Epiphany Carol, Ritual Song
Today Is Epiphany, Feast of Light (Thrace)
Σήμιρα τα Φώτα κι φουτισμός
Epirus Easter Song, Lament | Ritual Song
Today, dear George... (Necrolatric Dance of Easter)
Σήμερα Γιώργη μ’ Πασχαλιά
Today, dear George, is Easter Day, my dearest George, my dearest George,
Today’s a major holiday, my dearest George, my hand...
Macedonia Grevena, Sarakina Easter Song, Lament | Ritual Song
Today, Despo (Easter Dance Song)
Σήμερα Δέσπω μ’ Πασχαλιά
– Today, Despo, ’tis Easter Day, today’s a day of gladness,
the married girls have joined the dance, young girls are promena...
Peloponnese Couplets Easter Song, Ritual Song
Today, My Dark-Eyed Beauty (Easter Dance)
Σήμερα Xριστός Aνέστη
Today, my dark-eyed beauty, today it’s ‘Christ is Risen!’
today it’s ‘Christ is Risen!, he’s taken up to heaven.
Today, my ...
Dodecanese Astypalea Carol Epiphany Carol, Ritual Song
Tomorrow It Is Epiphany (Astypalea)
Αύριον είναι τω Φωτώ
Central Greece Viotia, Akrefnio Carol Saturday of Lazarus Carol, Ritual Song
Where Are You Lazarus?
Πού ’σαι Λάζαρε
– Where are you, Lazarus?
We hear your voice no longer,
your mother and your sister search
both high and low to find you.
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Central Greece Viotia, Akrefnio Carol Saturday of Lazarus Carol, Ritual Song
Where Are You, Lazarus? (Lazarus Saturday Carol)
Πού ’σαι Λάζαρε
– Where are you, Lazarus?
We hear your voice no longer,
your mother and your sister search
both high and low to find you.
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