Mäetagused (Apr 2009)
Säält ma löüdse luidsõ lutu ehk Hiiumaal elava võrukesest pärimusekandja Laine Mägi regilauludest ja enesemääratlusest
Abstract
The article discusses written and video material recorded from Laine Mägi, a folklore informant who was born in Võru County, South Estonia, but is living on the island of Hiiumaa. The materials were recorded during the folklore collection on the island in 2004–2007. The collected materials include fifteen Kalevala-metric end-rhymed folk songs (regilaul) in dialect and literary language. A more detailed discussion involves three Kalevala-metric folk songs in Võru dialect: “Veli ai ussõ” [‘Brother Drove Me out’], a song about family relationships, “Vanamiis minno kose” [‘An Old Man Proposed Marriage to Me’], a song about proposing marriage, and “Väikene olli” [‘When I Was Young’], a song about orphanhood. These three songs are analysed from the angle of formal rules and dialectal language, and the collected material is discussed from the aspect of the performer’s biography and the social context.
