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PRIMARY CLASSIFICATION Song
SECONDARY CLASSIFICATION Ritual (calendar customs)
THEME Family relations
SOCIAL FUNCTION Easter dance
FORM Two-row
TEXTURE Monophonic
METER 2/4
WAY OF PERFORMANCE Solo singing
ETHNIC DATA Bulgarian
TYPE Authentic
RECORDED BY THE FOLKLORIST Todor Djidjev
DATE OF RECORD 1967
PLACE OF RECORD Souha reka
ARCHIVE ITEM - NUMBER 251.4341
RECORDING MEDIA Recording tape
INFORMANT/S Dimka
INFORMANT - PLACE OF BIRTH Ovcharovo
COUNTY Harmanli
FOLK MUSIC AREA South-eastern Bulgaria
ARCHIVE ELABORATION Inventory
TITLE / LYRICS Imala'y mama imala

Imala'y mama, imala
dor devet sina toujara,

dor devet sina toujara.
Kakuv im bil toujarluka,

kakuv im bil toujarluka?
Se vakli ovtsi da sbirat
NOTES OF THE FOLKLORIST Tb: soukari = vurvi
NOTES OF THE ARCHIVIST TD.129.1.9. /an.-op. MGP zv.op. IDK/
F: Po Gergyovden

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