3/2/2023 0 Comments Lazarus song![]() ![]() Originally, they would wear their traditional Macedonian costume but after WWII and the Greek Civil War, girls would dress with the times looking their best for possible future suitors. The ritual became a way for the young girls to be noticed for the engagements that were waiting for them. Lazaritsa, the Saturday, was also a “rite of passage” performed by unmarried girls. They will have something to say for everyone. They are dressed in pied dresses, with flowers on their heads and they dance and sing. Finally, after each dance, in each house they gave the Lazarki eggs, baked goods or money as a gift. The woven towels, which they held in their hands and moved in front of them, gave a special grace to each dance. The Lazarki gave the differences in their dances with the movements of the body and especially with the movements of their hands. Because all the dances were similar to each other. But special only in the details, special for the Lazarki who danced it, special for an experienced eye. ![]() The words of the songs refer to the resurrection of Lazarus but, the customs of Lazarus in the past had a social purpose.įor each song there was a separate dance. Lazaric carols are sung today in very few areas of Greece. When Christianity came, the custom of carols survived and were adapted to the spring festivities of Lazarus Saturday. The Lazarian songs have their origin in the ancient carols and in particular can be considered as a continuation of the pagan Koleda carols. These songs were “good luck” songs for the owner, their family, livestock and a good harvest. ![]() Their reward would be a baked bun, egg and sometimes money for their performance. The following week, on the Saturday, they would go house to house singing songs and dancing in the yards of the homes they would visit. On the eve of the feast, the girls went into the fields outside the village to collect flowers with which they would decorate their basket the next day dressed in local Macedonian costumes. It has been noted that in other parts of Macedonia, of the Lazarian songs brought by the refugees of 1922, only a few had reference to the resurrection of Lazarus. And the Lazarki, knowing the family situation of each house, found, sang and danced the song that best suited each house. Almost all of them were songs that referred to various life events, such as love, housekeeping, exile and others. Of the songs sung by the local Lazarki (Lazarines), little was said about Lazarus. At first they stood on their knees in front of the zelnic pan and sang a Lazarus song. This mutual promise was given in the house of one of the girls where they prepared a “zelnic” (pie) and in front of it they gave their mutual promise. When they found their match (group of girls), they made a mutual promise that they would not spoil their agreement. ![]()
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