colindă
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thumb|Ritual Moldovan song for Christmas A colindă (pl. colinde; also colind, pl. colinduri) is a traditional Christmas carol in Romania and the Republic of Moldova.
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- music genre
- Subclass of
- Christmas carol
- Country of origin
- Moldova
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- Stamps of Moldova, 2013-38.jpg
- Said to be same as
- koliadka
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thumb|Ritual Moldovan song for Christmas A colindă (pl. colinde; also colind, pl. colinduri) is a traditional Christmas carol in Romania and the Republic of Moldova.
== Origins == Although the text of all colinde is concerned with the events of the Nativity, certain elements of the folk rituals performed around Christmas are probably pre-Christian in origin, having their roots in the Roman Saturnalia and pagan rituals related to the winter solstice and soil fertility.
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