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The Turkish Pasha Shouted Out (Pazardzhik)

from Eugenia Georgieva: Bulgarian Song Storytelling by Eugenia Georgieva

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The Turkish pasha shouted out from the top of the mountain:
“Who will undertake to catch Bogdan*, the fierce hayduk, chief of the hayduks?”

So Bigdan’s kumitsa** decided to do it, and off to the forest she went and cried out:
“Where are you, my dear kum***, to come and baptize my child?”
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*Bogdan – the name means “God’s gift” in Bulgarian.
**kumitsa – the bride/goddaughter at whose wedding the kum stood as sponsor
***kum – a wedding godfather/spomsor

“Kumstvo” is a spiritual kinship where the bond created in the eyes of God is as strong as a blood bond. The family of the kum and kuma was supposed to provide spiritual and practical guidance to the newlyweds – they became the spiritual parents of the young couple.

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from Eugenia Georgieva: Bulgarian Song Storytelling, released September 30, 2019
Lyric translation Copyright Eugenia Georgieva

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