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Croatian tradition of koleda and veselanje

In this paper, the author interprets Croatian Koleda (Christmastime ritual songs) and Veselanje (named so by the refrain „veselo” which means „merrily”) rituals and the oral lyric songs that accompanied them. The paper contains the largest number of original modern recordings recorded in field work by students of the Faculty of Philosophy in Split and …