Dodola

Dodola (including Doda, Dudulya and Didilya ) Perperuna or Preperuša is an old Slavic tradition.

According to some interpretations, it is at Dodola a Slavic goddess of rain, and wife of the Upper God Perun ( thunder god). The Slavs believed that it rains when Dodol their celestial cows ( the clouds ) milks. Every spring, they say, flies Dodola over forests and meadows to spread spring green and decorate the trees with flowers.

The name Dodola may possibly be associated with the Lithuanian word for thunder ( dundulis ). Likewise, the name of Perun with the Baltic weather god Pērkons. There might also be a connection to the Greek oracle Dodona, was unusually worshiped in the Zeus as a weather god.

Ritual

Croatian, Bulgarian and Serbian Slavs organized the Dodole or Perperuna.Fest in times of drought, in which they worshiped the goddess and prayed for rain. During the ritual, young women sang some songs for Dodola, coupled with a dance for which they were dressed in leaves and branches. Nowadays this ritual is still practiced by Folkoregruppen.

In the tradition of Turopolje be selected on Jurjevo - day the five most beautiful girls to represent Dodola - goddesses in leaves clothes and sing songs for the village until the end of the holiday.

There may be a connection with the Sorbian tradition of Easter songs, such as those occur in Krabat history.

Lyrics

Serbian ritual song, sung by young people who move during the dry summer months through the village.

Naša dodo Boga moli, Since orosi Sitnah Kisa Oj, dodo, oj dodole! Wed Idemo preko sela, A kišica preko polja, Oj, dodo, oj, dodole!

Dodole in Macedonia

The oldest Zeignis for Dodole rites in Macedonia is the song Oj Ljule from the region Struga, recorded in 1861.

Macedonian

Отлетала преперуга, ој љуле, ој! От орача на орача, От копача на копача, От режача на режача; Да заросит ситна роса Ситна роса берикетна И по поле и по море; Да се ​​родит с ' берикет С ' берикет винo - жито; Чеинците до гредите, Јачмените до стреите, Леноите до пojacи, Уроите до колена; Да се ​​ранет сиромаси. Дрвете не со осито, Да је ситна година; Дрвете не со ошница, Да је полна кошница; Дрвете не со јамаче, Да је тучна година.

Lat. Transliteration

Otletala preperuga, ljule oj, oj! Ot oracha na oracha, Ot kopacha na kopacha, Ot rezhacha na rezhacha; Since zarosit Sitnah pink Sitnah pink beriketna I po po pole i more; Since se rodit s' beriket S ' beriket vino- zhito; Cheincite do gredite, Jachmenite do argue, Lenoite do pojasi, Uroite do kolena; Since se RANET siromasi. Drvete ne so osito, Since each sita godina; Drvete ne so oshnica, Because yes koshnica polna; Drvete ne so jamache, Since each tuchna godina.

" Ој љуле, ој! " Is repeated in every verse

The Dodole rituals were practiced in Macedonia active until the 1960s.