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Barbalous-xibarbalous (Folk musicians and singers sing of Thessaloniki)

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Narration
Category:Incantation
Area: Salonika (Macedonia), Macedonia
Nationality:Greek
Language:Greek (Salonica Idiomatic)
Dance:-
Scale:-
Collector:Melikis Yorghis
Recording Place:Young Dimitrios Fragakis' home
Recording Date:20/06/1985
Recording Responsible:Melikis Giorgis
Duration:00:40
Other characteristics:A capella
Register Information
Register date:29/03/1996
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:Incantation chanted by the faithful while hanging rags on the graves of pious and holy Muslims, as votive offerings for the cure of some ailment (later this became a children's rhyme).
Storage media:Folk musicians and singers sing of Thessaloniki (LP 186)
Artists/Instruments
Fragakis Dhimitrios:Recitation

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