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Erdelezi 

Sa o Roma babo, E bakren cinen. A me coro, dural besava. 
A a daje, amaro dive. Amaro dive erdelezi. Ediwado babo, 
amenge bakro. Sa o Roma, daje. E bakren cinen. Eeee…Sa 
o Roma, babo babo, Sa o Roma daje. Sa o Roma, babo babo, 
Erdelezi. Erdelezi, Sa o Roma Daje. Eeee…Sa o Roma, babo babo, 
Sa o Roma daje. Sa o Roma, babo babo, Eeee….Erdelezi, Erdelezi. 
Sa o Roma Daje 

Erdelezi 

Alle Roms vader, offeren schapen maar ik, arme drommel, 
moet op afstand toezien. Ach, ja moeder, het is ons feest. 
Het is ons feest, Erdelezi…vader, voor ons een schaap. 
Alle Roms, moeder, offeren schapen, en alle Roms, vader, 
vader, alle Roms, moeder. Alle Roms, vader vader, 
Erdelezi, Erdelezi, alle Roms moeder.

Thnks a lot !


Ederlezi iz Gypsy name for Serbian Fest of Saint George.
It's celebrated on 6th of May.

Ederlezi has been a fascination of mine for some time and I have collected various 
tid-bits of information. The various Balkan spellings (Herdeljez, Erdelezi) 
are merely variants on the Turkish Hidirellez (i's not dotted), a holiday 
signaling the beginning of spring, occurring apporzimately 40 days 
after the spring equinox. The Balkan Slavs added the Christian layer 
of St. George's Day (Gjuorguovdan, Dz^urdz^ovden, Gergjuovden.

Hidrellez is a very significant day in Anatolia. The word itself is 
very significant; it is the combination of names of two prophets: 
Hizir & Ilyas. Hidrellez signifies a rebirth of nature and is also considered 
to be the beginning of summer.

According to Anatolian people's beliefs Hizir and Ilyas are two prophets 
who drank the water of never-dying; they are brothers and friends. They 
have given each other promise to meet on this night of May 5th every 
year to give rebirth to nature. Hizir is the protector of plants; he 
gives life to plants. He helps poor people. Wherever he goes, he brings abundance. 
Ilyas is the protector of waters and according to some, the protector of animals. 
Wherever he goes, animals become healthier.

People believe that wishes made on this night will become true. 
They also believe sick people will become healthier and it will be the end of 
bad-luck and misfortunes.
There are also a lot of rituals that people perform. Some people put a coin 
inside a red cloth and then hang it on a rose branch. In the morning this money 
is put into the wallet so that it will bring abundance. It is also believed that 
if you go out, have a picnic and be in nature on this day, your days in winter 
will have less hardships.

Most city people know this day simply as a picnic day...

(I'd like to credit the folks of the EEFC for this information)