Parallelism in Karelian Laments

Karelian laments are performed by women during a ritual -- funerals, weddings, and recruiting ceremonies -- and were once commonly used in other contexts of everyday life. Laments are works of a special kind of improvisation. They were created during the performance process in relation to a concrete...

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Main Author: Stepanova, Eila
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10355/65391