Dodola
Dodola (also spelled Doda, Dudulya and Didilya, pronounced: doh-doh-la, doo-doo-lya, or dee-dee-lya), Perperuna or Preperuša is a pagan tradition found in the Balkans. A girl, wearing a skirt made of fresh green knitted vines and small branches, sings and dances through the streets of the village, stopping at every house, where the hosts sprinkle water on her. She is accompanied by the people of the village who dance and shout on the music. The custom has attributed a specific type of dance and a specific melody.
According to some interpretations, Dodola is a Slavic goddess of rain, and the wife of the supreme god Perun (who is the god of thunder). Slavs believed that when Dodola milks her heavenly cows, the clouds, it rains on earth. Each spring Dodola is said to fly over woods and fields, and spread vernal greenery, decorating the trees with blossoms.
Names
The custom is known by two names, mostly spelled Dodola (dodole, dudula, dudulica, dodolă) and Perperuna (peperuda, peperuna, perperuna, prporuša, preporuša, păpărudă, pirpirună). Both names are used by the South Slavs and Romanians.
Podcasts:
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by Barry Brown
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by Pariah Piranha
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by Pariah Piranha
Enter The Kingdom Of Zion
by: Barry BrownIf you a wicked man
you cannot enter the kingdom of zion
stand up and blaze up di fiyah right ya now
(verse 1)
the kingdom of zion a nuh a place pon di earth
I know exclusive like u.k.
and no extreme like j's
not a long far away
where there's no night only day
just follow wah di book ah seh
follow di light will lead the way
cah bredda yuh bad yes you do
it was a clap no it's
it was not
was family no it's a crew so
kill dem pon your shoulder blood stain
pon your boots yuh a bad tree with bad roots
so bad seeds mek that fruits yeah
reedem yourself
never deny yourself
you a go mash up yourself and do the same to someone else
you bwoy betta know weh yuh a do
cah di life you took away will be take away from you
(chorus) (x4)
if you a wicked man
you cannot enter the kingdom of zion
(verse 2)
fi di kingdom of zion no v.i.p. pass
no j.l.p. empty tax no subject no class
free fi di for jah to di ras
promote by di message jah worldwide bash
enter di kingdom free up jamdown
come join this stardom no killings no phantom
haffi mouth haffi chance now
where haffi spread round judgement a come now
(chorus) (x4)
if you a wicked man