A Finn Reacts to Romanian Christmas songs!

Crăciun fericit! 🎄
Songs and artists shown in the video:
• Lucian Paladi - O, bra...
• Cipri Popescu 🔔 Măruț,...
• Florile dalbe - Grupul...
• Andrei Banuta ☃️ @Este...
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[@unumartialarts706]

Marutz Margaritar (small and beautiful apple like an expensive necklace stone) is a Christmas song (colind) from the verb "a colinda), synonymous with going from place to place, from house to house to announce the birth of Christ through song. This is a beloved but relatively recent song. Romanians have many Christmas songs, old and passed down from generation to generation. But there are also some that are sung around the holidays by simple people who have no musical training."Mos ajunul", "Steaua sus rasare", referring to the star that announced the birth of Christ, but also others that were sung by groups of people in the past who were part of the church choirs, so they had a a bit of musical training, such as "O ceveste minunata", "Galbena gutuie", "astazi s-a nascut Hristos". But also other compositions from the 20th century; "Mos Craciun cu plete dalbe","Inpodebeste mama bradul" Some sung with modern instruments, others in classical style. One of these in classical style is Stefan Hrusca. As I said, the Romanians have a lot of Christmas songs, several hundred, some from ancient times, like is the one with "tzâr, tzâr, tzâr". Tzâr is an onomatopoeia, it is the way to express the sound of classic telephones.In a verse he says "but don't be a phallus wolf...". By wolf he refers to man, the man from the distant times when the foundations of Christianity were being laid in the area of ​​Romania. There were wars between the Dacians and the Romans. The wolf is the Dacian man. These they had a special connection with wolves. They were ferocious like wolves in war, but calm and connected to each other in a tribe, like wolves in a pack. Wolves respect each other they feed and protect their parents, uncles, when they could no longer hunt. Zalmoxianism, their religion, was similar to Christianity, they believed in resurrection. That's why Christianity caught on so quickly.

[@stefangorohovschi7094]

I love your respectful attitude towards Romanian culture of Christmas time. Thank you for the video. Wishing you the best in your intentions. Admiration from USA.

[@Wfatxech777]

Thank you so much for being so respectful, as a Romanian I can proudly say we created our own version of Christmas, and these carols represent our culture and faith in Christ, which we treasure. Much love ❤

[@hilu_videos]

@@Wfatxech777 Thank you for your kind comment! 😊

[@inspectorulcluzo974]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGKbaKx9p851pdksi=gbYfksKRC1D-WWQe​@@hilu_videos

[@cristitanase6130]

In Romania we have caroling as an old tradition. Usually done by children that come door to door and sing carols before Christmas and before the New Year, but there is another type of caroling done more traditional by groups and choruses dressed in various regional traditional attires (popular costumes), and that use instruments and songs from the respective region. Now these carol groups can be small, a few singers, or quite big. During the Christmas many opera singers, symphonic groups, pop singers and traditional folk singers join in various groups and sing these traditional carols in various festivities. There are 3 types of traditional carols. The traditional ones, with costumes, dancers, often incorporating various traditions like "dance of the goat" (capra) or "bear dance" (cu ursul). These use pre-Christian traditions mixed with Christian ones. Also there are many traditional instruments like various flutes and so on. The more religious ones, often song with minimal instruments by choruses of priests and priest students (those that will late become priests). They have a more sober attire and often a deeper and more powerful meaning. You can find these groups in Churches but also on other festivities but not on the street. The third one is the more modern-folk version, sung by various artists. They too often dress in traditional clothing and their songs are a mix of religious and traditional elements. These singers are often invited to city festivals but also to private parties. So there is the more popular ones, the more religious ones and the more modern one and often you can find all of them on the stage of a city festival or during the New Year big festivals and shows and people listen to all of them. As an idea the themes are about the Jesus birth, the Christmas night, the blessing of people and harvests, wishes of health for the future, blessings and so on. About clapping in Churches. Orthodox Churches do not allow for it, but, during Concerts, there are no specific rules because that's not a Religious event but a Laic event and people can participate and clap if they wish and even are encouraged. So basically that was an open concert done inside a Church by a religious chorus, not an religious ceremonial of any kind.

[@angelanassar6130]

Well done❤❤

[@ioanamaria309]

Dalb is an old version for alb( white) meaning immaculate( pure, virgin,innocent, clean, spottless, sparkling,clear, lighted) ,is connected to the season, to the snow and sacred Christmas celebrations and new beginnings in expectation of a New Year .

[@mugurelparaschiv8662]

Is a Romanian carol "My mother sent me to the goats, Encounters with wolves. Don't be silly, wolf As today Christ was born!"

[@marianadumitrescu2186]

Thank you for such a great and touching video about my people's traditions. I am in tears. ❤

[@ralucabuzdugan5569]

Hey hilu it moved me to listen romanian carols commented by someone who is not Romanian 🥰 I leave you some of my remarks: we used to have really cold winters and heavy snow in Romania, nowadays this is less. For 1st song I think they are in a “poiana” an opened place surrounded by trees in the mountains., I think is meadow in English. “Florile dalbe” is very traditional and it means White (immaculate) flowers. It’s unusual to clap hands for us too, but I think the people were so much enjoying and the priest encouraged them in clapping. Last one the artist is Ester Peony and she is a soprano. ❄️❄️❄️

[@mirceamaier6546]

The vast majority of Romanian Christmas carolls have a mostly pagan origin, mixed with a little bit if Christianity, as someone wrote in a comment below. The reason is that during pagan times Christmas was celebrated as a fight between light and dark. The shortest day of the year, then the days would become longer. So the point if singing carolls was to help light win over the dark. A Hungarian musician, Bella Bartok, studied the traditional Romanian carolls and he reached the conclusions that they are actually based on old pagan war songs. If you pay attention to the rythm, which you mentioned, it reminds of old,pagan war songs. But with the new Christian religion, they started to incorporate a few lyrics connected to the birth of Jesus. For example, the second caroll. The song is mainly about a nobles' hunting party. They couldn't find any reindeer to hunt, but they hunted a bunny. Whose fur was used to make clothing for baby Jesus (in some versions)- the only reference to Christianity. So the main theme was the hunt. And of course, the carollers are very important. They roam around the village, just like Mary in Bethlehem. Romanian carolls are very complex, despite the seamingly repeating rythms, especially if you take into consideration that many of them use an archaich vocabulary that is no longer used on a daily basis.

[@spawn90336]

Greetings from Moldova, thank you for your reaction !♥

[@dumitrucraiu1759]

Mulțumesc ca îți place tradițiile noastre românești care sunt superbe și pentru ceea ce faci îți mulțumesc în numele tuturor românilor un an nou cu bucuri și multe realizări ❤❤❤

[@freyaskadi1198]

The last video is a sequence from a show where they combined the old with the new, tradition with modern. The girl is a professional classical and jazz singer and the boy is a folk singer. Both songs they sing are ancient carols. She is dressed in a stylized costume, a modern take on the traditional costume. Only on a stage of a modern show you can wear something like this, with a so sexy skirt. The boy is dressed casually. Normally, in a traditional performance, he would be dressed in a traditional, folkloric costume.

[@MarcelaIvan-q4q]

Very nice that you are interested in romanian traditions! The first song is indeed the romanian version of the old german song "O Tanenbaum" ; the other songs are Christmas carols. The clapping in the church is only for the rhitm....

[@MrQ454]

the last songs are old (very) songs, traditional (kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaOoqqBnhZJpaqs mother sent me to goats-is translation!, kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGKbaKx9p851pdk), other carols (colind in Romanian!) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKSuc3uthNGohbs, kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqimfXWjiaiCrsk (that's a mix of old carol to modern...). Also almost every region of Romania have a distinct type of carol (there many...)

[@EugeniaStoian-h2k]

Thank you,because you conect with us romanians and our songs❤🙏

[@letitiaciufecu679]

Dacă ai înțelege textul acestor cântece sufletul ți sar umple de bucurie.De Crăciun vin copilașii să iți colinde și să-ți ureze ca noul an să fie mai bun, mai bogat și să ai multă sănătate. În România se mai păstrează încă neatinse de vreme obiceiurile de sute de ani.

[@SPONGE_BOB_2022]

Eu iti multumesc că ai pus link-uri in descriere..👍 Nu gaseam pe cautare varianta cu copilul respectiv. Expresia lui dulce ridică melodia cu 10 clase . 🤗

[@AM-lb8ko]

Yey, Ardeal, my lovely area ❤️proud to be from the same City with these guys

[@andreisuman7853]

The thing is you must go very deep in the Romanian traditions to understand the romanian way of life

[@gycu1000]

Lisää tunteita tällä upealla vlogilla .... kiitos, olet erittäin mukava ihminen ....

[@alexoneprject]

you got a like and and +10 for effort and diversity (however there are a lot of other more beautiful romanian xmas carolls, but i do appreciate you took your time to react to this ones) ... hyvää työtä

[@freyaskadi1198]

Thank you very much for the beautiful way you treat Romanian folklore, with respect and love for traditional values! It is unusual and wonderful for someone so young and perhaps not yet very familiar with a foreign culture. Congratulations and friendly greetings from Vienna❣️🍀🌹

[@auroragabrieladonciu9899]

Multumim ca te ai aplecat si asupra folclorului romanesc on special a colindelor parte specială si straveche a culturii noastre .respect❤❤❤❤

[@expo1706]

We Romanians love caloring. We usually went with the youth from our church, going from house to house. At every home people would give the singers desserts to eat after, even soup or sarmale. In the video's that you are watching theh people are dressing like that because those are Romanian folk clothes. That's how peasents who dress for special occasions in the old days. And they are singing in that peasant style. I'm sure you have that in Finland too. It really depends if you are Orthodox Christian or Evanghelical Christian too in terms of traditions. I'm Neo-Protestant and that's how we do it.

[@M.A.691]

Thank you and much appreciated respect from east Romania 🇷🇴, Vaslui city

[@freyaskadi1198]

Florile dalbe = white (clean, immaculate, delicate, bright) flowers, like snowflakes.

[@octavianilinca8539]

Thanks for being so open to knowledg ! 🤗😍😘

[@laurentiudamian6367]

Ai un filing deosebit pentru emotia transmisa prin muizica. Nu oricine "prnde" mesajul pus acolo. Mi-ai lasat impresia ca esti lalimlita plansului/ ceea ce esta foarte rar intalnit mai ales la un suflet care nu pare decat familiar cu cultura romaneasca. Concluzie : daca ar fi mai multi ca tine n-ar mai fi razboaie nicaieri Esti speciala!!

[@mihai7558]

"dalbe" means white / immaculate and I think it's usually used only in Christmas songs. At least where I am from (Republic of Moldova) I don't remember hearing it in other contexts. Probably Google Translate translates it as "yellow" because it's a bit similar to "galben" (which is the romanian translation for "yellow").

[@LetharG]

Great pronunciation, appreciate the video!

[@paulofficial2706]

There are more versions of the same song depending on the region of the country. In the south of the country we have another version of the song ( O brad frumos).

[@johnybravo1873]

Dar O Brad frumos este de origine germana , este un colind imprumutat !

[@geoserban2503]

“Florile dalbe” means white flowers or flowers of frost , they celebrate the winter season. The flute you saw is called taragot, an instrument used originally by the Hungarian army to signal in battles and than adopted in folk music, especially in Transilvania. Nowadays it’s replaced with the more modern saxophone.

[@IlincaLirael]

About the snow aspect - we used to have heavy snow in the whole country, and in certain years even the sea froze but due to climate change we have had less and less snow in non-mountains regions in the past 4-5 years.

[@addrearosian]

Thank you for trying to present Christmas songs from my country. However, just like other Romanian commenters here, I feel underrepresented, if not misrepresented. I would also deem the rearranged traditional carols, rearranged international carols, and carols performed in the church and rearranged for the church choir as marginal. This just isn't what comes to mind when thinking of a Romanian Christmas. There still is a living tradition of performers and interpreters. I'm not their greatest fan, but ignoring them totally skews the image quite a bit. As for "there's so much snow in Romania"... actually, I live in a city where there's virtually no snow (9 degrees Celsius, my app says). There's snow in the mountains all year-round, but I have to travel to see it. Bottom line, Romania is geographically diverse and has diverse but still living traditions, scarcely reflected here. Maybe visiting here next winter would not be such a bad idea :)

[@hilu_videos]

@@addrearosian Thank you for your comment! I have seen videos of the other carols as well, even though they did not make to this particular video 🙏 Maybe next Christmas I can make this kind of video but part 2 and react to those as well :) And yes I'm going to visit Romania 3 times this year, the last one will be on December ☺️⛄

[@OutsidersRo]

Romanian here! Much appreciate your video and your interest for the romanian culture. ❤❤❤

[@ionelghiorghita688]

It was a concert organised by the Romanian ortodox church, it wasn't a religious service. The choir is actually made by the theology students.

[@ionelghiorghita688]

About the singer you liked, check " Paula Hriscu"

[@EugeniaStoian-h2k]

" Dalbe" mean white,like snow😊

[@bogdangavril448]

Great video

[@constantinleonte9536]

Thx you !

[@mugurelparaschiv8662]

I recommend this Romanian soul song: Lume să te văd arzând, sung in modern version by Mădălin.

[@aurelr.43]

It is nothing wrong to clap your hands in a church while you are singing Christmas carols to celebrate the newborn baby Jesus,our Saviour,it is a moment of joy and happiness.

[@ioanamaria309]

Romanian Christmas and New Year are very much mingled together with the pegan prechristian traditions and heritage.This is why the old songs speak of the white flowers of spring.In prechristianity New Year was celebrated in spring.And marut margaritar ( marut = little apple, margaritar = diamond) practically refers to apple trees in blossom meaning springtime and the new beginnings.

[@neneanea]

Amazing. Keep it up

[@paulofficial2706]

Măruț mărgăritar isn't in the south of the country but the lyrics are used, just that the title of the song in the south is different. If you search (am plecat să colindăm) it is the same song just different. And margaritar is a plant, măruț is like litle apple translation. now, the words in Romanian have different meanings always.

[@minime7375]

Idk if the info helps but the “church carol” is not what we traditionally do in church (we are mostly Eastern Orthodox Christians), I believe this must be a seminar choir (priests in training) doing this as a one-off (during the winter holidays) for the parishioners. Traditionally they would go door to door but in big cities it’s rather difficult. But this is not part of a regular cburch service.

[@hilu_videos]

Oh okay thank you for letting me know! :)

[@DorelIlie-b9s]

We don't clap hands ( orthodox service). ​@@hilu_videos

[@19girl86]

All those videos are made in the mountains.

[@olgaliuft5607]

First song: Lăutarii a lui Botgros ( from Moldova)

[@steffann1177]

Traditionnaly Christmas carols are not sung in the church as a concert with spectators. And we must not applaud in the church. Also we should not use musical instrumests inside the church, but some try to modernise the church, wich is not a good thing. This video is what a carol should be: Corul maicilor de la Mănăstirea Paltin-Petru Vodă - Vino, Iisuse or outside with instruments like this:kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpOzoKSYbbpjd9U

[@hilu_videos]

Yes that's what I assumed. Those versions of the carols are also beautiful!

[@eugeniapreoteasa406]

Thanks for your interest in Romanian folklore. Traditional Christmas songs are all about baby Jesus birth.

[@shamkand]

They are all prists or part of the church quire. Sefan Hrusca is an older singer who has tons of Christmas Carols :)

[@vladodobleja748]

Check colindul cerbului,It's a traditional carol from the oltenia region of România. Romanian music from oltenia has a much more fast paced tempo,just like us the people of oltenia!

[@Ethernety]

Grupul Iza , Grupul Teleorman are very traditional, you would love it.

[@keikofurukawa9938]

No snow this year until now in Bucharest 😢

[@cocagabriela4430]

It's so beautiful because it's all about God!

[@raduromanesti6408]

subbed!

[@steffann1177]

The most we know from Finnland now is ISMO and sauna :) The similitudes of finnish and romanian is that we read every single letter, no silent letters.

[@hilu_videos]

Haha that's great :D And yes that makes it a bit easier for me to learn the pronunciation!

[@CastanOpiu]

@@hilu_videos we Romanians are Orthodox Christians we have real faith.

[@ppn194]

ID io T !

[@KR-ou2qo]

And Narcisa Suciu - she lives in Finland kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5TYlKmBnLF9g9k

[@nannunbgd]

Mama ma trimis la capre,mean.. Mother sent me to goats.

[@cosminbrad4966]

Salutări din România ! Nu știu dacă ai auzit de cântărețul Tudor Gheorghe. Un cântec frumos al lui este " Au înnebunit salcâmii " 😊🙋🇷🇴

[@hilu_videos]

Nu am auzit de ea, mulțumesc pentru recomandare! 🙏

[@CastanOpiu]

@@hilu_videos The Romanian Band Subcarpati is the best band in the Balkan zone.

[@catalinbodros9210]

Super

[@mihaipopister4511]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💥💫

[@ionutbejan884]

Florile dalbe(White flovers)

[@reconmember4324]

I would recommend you to listen : Roxen - Iar e Craciun, and Roxen - În Inima Crăciun...❤❤❤

[@dianasofi6565]

☺️🙂😇🤗

[@raduromanesti6408]

comentariu pentru algoritm!

[@constantinhrimiuc7241]

👍 ❤❤❤

[@freyaskadi1198]

Not even in Orthodox churches is it allowed to applaud during the chants during the religious service. The exception is musical performances like this one, which take place outside liturgical services.

[@freyaskadi1198]

The conductor of the choir is a priest and the choir itself is made up of theology students, that means future priests or social workers.

[@khazardslover]

If you still want translation to what you are listening there, let us know.

[@meme187ridvan6]

Hy.... Hilu srry for late response to your video but you should really try Stefan Hrusca next time you wanna hear christmas songs...

[@-marcel]

[@ares1634]

For example this kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3alpKaXZZ5se7s Nu lasa măicuța - Dont let holy Mother, or O ce veste minunata - What a wonderful news kzbin.info/www/bejne/javPenl4osxkjdU In the first as per Orthodox traditions she should never have entered uncovered in the church.

[@uicanitza2196]

How on Earth did you find exactly the most non-romanian Xmas carol, I mean that poor adaptation of "O, Tannenbaum!"? 🤦‍♀😅

[@hilu_videos]

@@uicanitza2196 lol 😂 Well since I've got so many new recommendations I'm going to make part 2 next Christmas 🙏

[@romaniaplus]

My dear, some Christmas songs from the Nuns Monastery of Camarzani here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nX-spnSOqdtgaJY They are singing in a very old and traditional fashion. You can listen these too, my grandfather used to sing many of them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2bUnZZpe7aZY7M

[@InfiniteJewelswithLaura]

The first song isn't Romanian song but German famous song: O Tannenbaum

[@steffann1177]

Try next music videos: Agni Parthene (Romanian/Arabic/Greek) - Ribale Wehbé , Arch. Mihail Buca and Tronos Choir [Live], VINO, IISUSE, ÎN INIMA MEA ‪@LilianaUrsachi‬ &FLORI VICOVENE, Primenește-ți gazdă casa! Tronos Aurelian Andreescu - Oameni Oana Sîrbu - Lumea basmelor Paula Hriscu - Românie, mândru plai! Oana Sîrbu - Cântă şi dansează | 2009 TVR 1 Lady in black - Iris &Uriah Heep (rock), Smiley - Vals (pop) Phoenix - Mica Tiganiada (etnorock) Phoenix Baba Novac (rock) Ioana Ignat - Nu ma uita | Official Video (romance pop) Dan Bittman - Dincolo de nori (Eurovision Song Contest 1994) Marijuana cu Puya & Ganja - tre' sa spun (old school rap) Loredana feat. B.U.G. Mafia - Lumea E A Mea (Official Video) same Am o mie de motive - Printesa de Aur, Susanu & Don Genove (melodic manea)

[@hilu_videos]

Wow what a list! I'm going to check them out with time 🙏

[@Daniel-lh4do]

try the north version.. it is somtheng you never heard..

[@ionutbejan884]

Dumnezeu(God)

[@ares1634]

You have not selected here any of the real, old Romanian carols, that we sing at Christmas and Easter, but rather some folk songs. lol There is a big difference.

[@HalveMann]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGKbaKx9p851pdksi=Bm-4qjRk5jS_41G2 this is the best version of the song Mo trimis mama la capre!

[@ppn194]

These are not songs, these are Carols ! That is not a flute, it is a taragot.

[@Rila1]

cum e la voi sa nu bati din palme in biserica la noi e sa nu fluieri in biserica😆

[@opelursopel6251]

Please listen Ștefan Hrușcă and please make a review and share your thoughts. Greetings from România ❤

[@ChaosBlackbert]

First song („O Brad Frumos") isn't actually right/true!

[@nannunbgd]

Abbaut snow,climate change! In normal,all country have snow from nowember to february,now.. You known!

[@alexsamu9787]

These are Christmas Carols in name of God . At least a part of them where is song the name of of God .

[@nannunbgd]

Depend on period when you whas in church.

[@sorinrusu1022]

It's not a flut ,It's taragot

[@romeonanu8314]

not even close

[@dancoman1798]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYquoniLo5eFe68

[@dancoman1798]

studenti

[@andreisuman7853]

ITS A CHURCH CUOAER AND ITS NOT AN ORIGINAL WHAT KIDS ARE SINGING

[@florianludwigson8336]

You didn't put the carolls sung by the singer king of the romanian carolls: Stefan Hrușcă! He is the king of this kind of music, ask any romanian!

[@excelynite]

Usually old people listen to these.

[@hilu_videos]

@@excelynite I'm living my inner grandma life it seems :D

[@elenasilion2715]

​@@hilu_videos,unfortunately, we also have such characters in Romania, like the individual above. If they were educated with manele (a pseudo musical style, which the uneducated listen to), they do not have the ability to appreciate our customs and folklore and they have the impression that only the elderly listen to carols. It is not true at all. Most Romanians listen to and sing Christmas carols. See what interesting customs we have related to the new year!

[@MrQ454]

the last songs are old (very) songs, traditional (kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaOoqqBnhZJpaqs mother sent me to goats-is translation!, kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGKbaKx9p851pdk), other carols (colind in Romanian!) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKSuc3uthNGohbs, kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqimfXWjiaiCrsk (that's a mix of old carol to modern...). Also almost every region of Romania have a distinct type of carol (there many...)

[@MrQ454]

If you like old Romanian songs or you want to learn more about old songs (folkloric) from all the regions look here: www.youtube.com/@Fabr1s/videos. There are also many carols there. ”Flori dalbe”-signify white flowers in Romanian and it's an old traditional carol

[@sensation2327]

I LOVE ROMANNA🤩😍🥰