Southeast Europe, Rumania -- Epic Song "Iovan Iorgovan" at Festival in Commemoration of the Dead at Desa
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.672; E01690
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (7 minutes, black-and-white sound, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film: two musicians from Desa perform the epic song of Iovan Iorgovan (the dragon slayer) during the feast for the commemoration of the dead which the farmers of the village hold every year during the last week of October. The members of the audience listen attentively to the song, but now and again they interrupt with loud objections or lift their glasses in praise of the hero's successful deeds.
Legacy Keywords: Romania ; Southeast Europe, Rumania ; Europe