Ritual calendar songs

Ritual calendar songs were performed during certain annual festivals or holiday periods (during Advent, tarpušventį). As an integral part of the holiday ritual was closely related to customs and often had a specific purpose, such as the Easter sūpuoklines songs, "requested" high flax, from which began Jurginis rye and other cereals, and after visiting at the time singing songs driven grain growth, guarding them from disasters. Identify two major ceremonial calendar songs, like most rituals, cycles: winter cycle (Advent and Christmas songs, songs of Shrovetide and Lent), the spring-summer cycle (Jurginis songs, Easter songs - lalautojų, sūpuoklinės, Pentecost songs - paruginės shepherds and sambar , St. John's songs).

Peculiar rites and calendar of poetry consists of Lent (the nature of ballads songs about tragic events, disasters, death) and the Advent and Christmas songs are not tied to specific rituals. Most of the Advent and Christmas songs are original chorus (aleliuma rue, leliumoj, dolls for Christmas and so on.), Often parallel structure - draws a parallel between nature and motives of human life. Here we find rare fantastic grounds, with roots going deep into the universal mythic worldview. Some researchers present cosmogonic interpretation of these songs (songs recorded creation of the universe), others maintain that the first wedding, they claim, or an allusion to sexual symbolism encryption level. An integral part of the Advent and Christmas Folklore part - play songs, and today we attract by apeigiškumu restrained, lying, seemingly so simple dance moves. Spring-summer cycle repertoire consistently passed the initial purpose of ritual and magical power, and is closely related to the customs and rites, coming primarily to ensure the success of the farm. However, during this period song not discharge from the eyes of human personal life issues, especially in actualizing the winter holiday songs of the cycle. After the summer solstice ritual calendar songs change with the same labor processes associated folklore.

St. George's song "Jurjens, good evening:

First Jurjens, good evening,
Jurjens, good evening!

Second Jurjens, take the keys
Jurjens, take the keys

Third Jurjens, unlock the land
Jurjens, unlock the land

4th Jurjens drain the herb,
Jurjens drain the herbs:

5th Jurjens, herbs silky,
Jurjens, Russell meduotą,

6th Fragments of the herb,
Raselė - the calves.