Deep Forest - Marta's song

  • 14 years ago
An old "Csángó" folk song. The Csángó (chan-goe) are a small group of the "Székely". The Székely (see-kay) speak the Hungarian language, and live in the Eastern part of Transylvania. The Csángó population migrated a few hundred years ago from the other side of the Carpatian mountains, in Eastern Moldova (also part of Romania) and they have kept their culture, and their language even, though there is a high regression on them. The Csángó speak an archaic form of the Hungarian language, which is used only by them at this moment. Marta's Song is about a girl, who cries that she has a big sorrow, which is that three units of red ribbon do not fit her. The Csángó people used a long ribbon as a belt, which was whipped round them three times (one round whipping was called "mérő"). So what happens if someone can't whip round her three times? She does not fit her belt anymore, because... there is something wrong with her.
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