За орнаментиката в обредния песенен цикъл на Родопите
On the Ornaments in the Ritual Song Cycle from the Rhodopa Mountains

Summary/Abstract: The article refers to interesting and not discussed problems — the lack of functional attachment of the Rhodopa songs as well as ornaments as a specific code in rituals. Referring to the first problem — there may be found a different cause for the dissociation of functionality in the song cycles from the Rhodopa Mountain in comparison to the same process observed in other folk regions. The reason for dropping out of the function is dissociation of the folk system, caused by change in the social existence of Bulgarians. This dropping out of the function has occurred much earlier in the Rhodopa Mountain in comparison to other regions because of the adoption of Islam among the population. This changed the social existence both of the Bulgarian Mohammedans and the Bulgarian Christians. The article refers also to another interesting phenomenon — marking of rituals with a specific musical code — ornaments. It becomes clear from the analysis that the ritual songs have specific structure, characterized with the limited immanent development of the music components, including ornaments. The reason to apply means of expression in such "ascetic" manner is due I think to the strong syncretism, which on the one hand unites the elements in a syncretic whole, but on the other hand hinders the specific development of each element — music, dance and word.

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