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Ceremonial funeral of the Son (based on the funeral rites of Svaneti​)​, 2022

by Darja Kazimira&Zura Makharadze

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Lyrics translated to English:

Vaime (Oh), my son!
Grief to those who lost you. (Vaime to those who lost you)
You gone, you gone and you left us.
If it would be possible, I would lay instead of you. (If a replacement was possible, I would lay instead of you.)
Hold on, my son, hold on!
What can you do, burned, you have to hold on!

*In the original, the performance of this funeral song implies a roll call between two mourners. This song was recorded and transcribed into musical text in the first half of the twentieth century.

Original text:

ვაიმე, შვილო,
შენს დამკარგავსა!

წახველ და წახველ, შვილო, და დაგვტოვე,
ნეტა ბადალი იყოს, მე შენ მაგიერათ ჩავწოლილიყავი.

უძლებ შვილო, უძლებ!
რას იზავ, დამწვარო, უნდა გაუძლო!

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released November 20, 2022
Visual work: Kazimir
This is a small variation on the theme of Zura's back, which I cut with a knife.

Music: Darja Kazimira&Zura Makharadze - Ceremonial Funeral Of The Son (based On The Funeral Rites Of Svaneti)

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The project of the Latvian ritual improviser Darja-Kazimira Zimina located in Georgia

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