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Although the text of all colinde is concerned with the events of the Nativity, [1] certain elements of the folk rituals performed around Christmas are probably pre-Christian in origin, having their roots in the Roman Saturnalia and pagan rituals related to the winter solstice and soil fertility.
Map of the region of Bukovina, divided between Romania and Ukraine "Cântă cucu-n Bucovina" or "Cântă cucu în Bucovina" (transl. 'Sings the Cuckoo in Bukovina') is a Romanian folk song, more precisely a doină, composed in 1904 by Constantin Mandicevschi [de; ru; uk].
Title Page of a 1916 US edition. A Child's Garden of Verses is an 1885 volume of 64 poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.It has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions, and is considered to be one of the most influential children's works of the 19th century. [2]
"Treceți, batalioane române, Carpații" (transl. "Cross, Romanian battalions, the Carpathians") is a Romanian patriotic song.It is thought to have been composed in 1916, shortly before Romania's entry into World War I, although its first historical apparition occurred in February 1919, when members of the Romanian Legion of Transylvanian–Bukovinian Volunteers were recorded singing a ...
Alexandru Colorian (March 18, 1896–October 1971) was a Romanian poet.. He was a native of Bucharest and a graduate of the University of Bucharest's law faculty. Colorian had made his literary debut in 1913, while still in high school, in Sărbătoarea eroilor magazine, which he edited with several classmates under the guidance of Eugeniu Sperantia.