Spring rolls for children
It is interesting that the spring children's vocabulary practically came out of the everyday life of a modern man, while another 60-80 years ago they were ubiquitous. They are ritual songs that have the character of a spell. As a rule, they accompanied a ritual of clicking - verbal appeal to this or that object of the call. Such an object could be Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Rain, Sun, Earth, Birds, etc. In zaklichkah to these objects are treated as animate beings. Such appeals are accompanied by play actions that mimic the process of work of peasants, in which they originated.
Spring spell songs were traditionally performed in order to awaken the earth and accelerate the onset of heat. They were shouted with a crochet intonation or humming. It needed to be done very loudly so that the Spring could hear. In separate localities, singing was accompanied by round dance (the rhythm of singing was coordinated with the measured pace of the performers of the song). Often in such songs they addressed birds (a lark, a nightingale), to insects pollinating plants, with requests for a rich harvest, good weather, satiety in the coming season. The sun was also asked for heat and harvest.
Now the rolls for children have lost their magical meaning and are used in the form of children's songs. For example:
Spring is red.
What did she come to?
- On the perch,
On the furrow,
On an oatmeal,
On a wheat pie.
- And we waited for spring
The worms were spinning.
The kulik flew over the sea,
He brought the kulik nine locks.
- Kulik, Kulik,
Close the winter,
Close the winter,
Unlock the spring,
Warm summer.
Sometimes such clicks and now accompanied by round dance, the opening of the locks (similar to the opening of the Spring). Guys like to spend time for cheerful singing and games.
Spring castings for carnival
Some cliques traditionally belonged to Shrovetide, a time when children waited for the coming of spring, a holiday with pancakes and the burning of a stuffed pancake week. For example:
And we wait for the carnival,
We wait, the soul, we wait.
Cheese and oil in the eyes see,
We will see, the soul, we will see.
As on a hill of oak trees,
Zelenenek, soul, green.
And Vanyusha, my friend,
Young, soul, young.
Be happy, soul, be happy.
Our grushka be sloppy,
Be sharp, soul, be hard.
The peasants sincerely believed that by asking only for Maslenitsa or Spring, you can get what you want. Therefore, such choruses were assigned a special role. For children, they were the best entertainment for the holiday, although the boys and girls treated them quite seriously, because at the earliest age they had to understand and accept all the hardships of peasant life.
Shrovetide singing is still practiced in the villages, as well as on thematic events in kindergartens.