Songs of Siberian Seto | The St Catherine’s Day Song

The St Catherine’s Day Song

Ansambel Lill: Lidia Kondratjeva (e, k), Maria Peterson (e)

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Kadrikõsõ^q, sandikõsõ^q,
kadrikoo, kadrikoo.
Kadrikõsõ^q, sandikõsõ^q,
kadrikoo, kadrikoo.
Kadri^q omma^q kavvõst tulnu^q,
üle suu sumpa-sampa,
üle vii rumba-ramba.
Laskõ^q Kadri kargama,
Kadril ommõ palĺo latsi.

Vot sis davali.

Singers masked as St Catherine’s Day “mummers” ask to be let inside the house to dance and describe their long journey over bogs and waters. The song has a special kadrikoo refrain.

ERA, DH 34 (35) < Haida k – Andreas Kalkun, Anu Korb, Marge Laast 2007 < Lidia Kondratjeva, Maria Peterson, Maria Ossipova, Anna Kutšerenko, Tatjana Medetskaja.

Articles

Preface
History of Settlement and the Villages, Sources of Livelihood
The Seto Language, Culture and Religious Persuasion
Songs of Siberian Seto
Folk Ensembles and Singers

Songs

Sound recordings 1987-1988

Sound recordings 2007-2008

The Lord’s Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
Mary Made the Path through the Dark Night
Children Come to Their Parents
Jacob’s Dream
Maali, Maali, Mother Dear
Sleep Comes through the Door
Miko-Miko
Otto-Otto
Wolf Calls from the Bog
Ride, Ride
Hop, Hop, Kitty!
Aye, Aye, Iron!
Twitter, Little Bird!
Betrothal Game
The Song of Shrovetide
The Song of Shrovetide
The Swinging Song
The St John’s Day Song
The St Catherine’s Day Song
The Wooden Wife
Miraculous Lady
Kalina Malina
Went to Pick Flowers
The Visiting Song
The Lord High Above
What a Misery to Be Alone
Children Walk up on the Hill
The Parents’ Inheritance
Maidens, Little Birds
Two Maidens Went to Walk in the Woods
A Rich Man’s Son
Chastushkas
Those are Lucky Who Can Stay at Home
I Met a Rose
Under the High Window

Video recordings 2007-2008

If Only
Peter, the Skittish Horse
Cuckoo, Kusmin!
Seto Ate, Seto Drank
The Game Song: Pulling the Turnip
Setos Dancing
Kitty Died
The Gate Game and The Rich and the Poor Game
Explanation of the Seto polyphonic singing
Setos, Young Brothers
The Girl Is Working in the Field
Let’s Go Home
A Need to Take a Wife
Where Have You Been, Dear Little Anna?
Have Some Vodka
We Have Long Waited for this Moment
The Swinging Song
The Herding Song
The Dirty Wife
What a Misery to Be Alone
Dear Grandmother
On the Riverbank
Why Are You Crying, Heart of Mine?
In the Town of St Petersburg
All Are Asleep
Maidens, Little Birds
Going to Pechory
Going to Pechory
The Rooster Told the Hen
Kaarassimm