Păpărugă
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Păpărugă is a localized Dodola known to the Romanians of Hungary. They marked a festival known as Paștele morțîlor [sic] ("Easter of the Dead"), in which they hurled eggshells into rivers, and also had Păpărugă as a localized Dodola; some fashioned Muma ploii on a separate occasion, using only clay that had been used to build a cob oven.
When
- Attested period
- 1900 – 2020
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Dodola
- co occurs with
- Caloian, Muma ploii, Ploița, Păpușa, Mama secetei, Tatăl Soarelui
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“West of Transylvania, the Romanians of Hungary had "no recollection of the Caloian". They marked a festival known as Paștele morțîlor [sic] ("Easter of the Dead"), in which they hurled eggshells into rivers, and also had Păpărugă as a localized Dodola; some fashioned Muma ploii on a separate occasion, using only clay that had been used to build a cob oven.”
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