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Болгарская считалка в Армении
Bulgarian counting-out rhyme in Armenia

Author(s): Armen Petrosyan
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Асоциация за антропология, етнология и фолклористика ОНГЬЛ

Summary/Abstract: The most popular counting-out rhyme of the children of Armenia, Ala-bala-nitsa, is of Bulgarian origin. The paper deals with the Armenian variants of the text, the time and ways of its intrusion into Armenia, the Eastern European cognate counting-out rhymes, the origin of the expression ala-bala, and its occurrence in other traditions.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 311-318
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Russian