THE SONG AS A WEAPON IN THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM Cover Image

ПЕСНАТА КАКО ОРУЖЈЕ ВО БОРБАТА ЗА СЛОБОДА
THE SONG AS A WEAPON IN THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

Author(s): Marko Kitevski
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Macedonian Literature, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Институт за македонска литература
Keywords: Macedonia; Macedonian folk song; Macedonian people; liberation movement; rebels; weapon

Summary/Abstract: The text refers to the creation of songs during the Macedonian revolutionary movement. Nothing is lost as long as it is sung in the folk language. As long as songs are being created, as long as the people sing of their life. Nothing is lost as long as the folk language and the folk song exist. In one occasion, Kocho Racin wrote that “all that could not be said feely, what had to be silent, what had to survive internally, found its place in the song”. In-deed, the Macedonian people in the many centuries of repression were unable to say many things, they had to hide them inside. All of that found place in the song, which was a faithful companion in life.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 70
  • Page Range: 147-156
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Macedonian