Growing up in Oshani: shearing time memories – Meglen-Vlach Collection – VLACH

Recounting the past in Meglen-Vlach of Archangelos (Oshani), Greece.

Vanishing Languages and Cultural Heritage (VLACH) ID-number: megl1237GRV0007a.

Description:
Travelling through the past of 1950s Archangelos, Northern Greece (Oshani), Stella Vragali, in this video accompanied by Stella Koziari, narrates a series of unique stories that marked her as a little girl. Through her autobiographical interviews, Stella gifts us with her love for stories on miracles performed through the intercession of Saints and everyday life happenings. Her stories reveal the portrait and the harsh reality of a village and at the same time of a little girl's life through the eyes of the later distinguished woman she is today. Most of the stories reflect the social relationships and structures and the social and religious norms of those times. While she is defining the past in the most original way, her sources of knowledge and inspiration is often called to be her family circle that shaped her views on life, social behavior and religious morals for the most part.
Looking back to the 1950s, shearing time was a big event on the annual calendar when wool was very valuable. The two ladies are recalling the work carried by the sheep owners and the other men in the village during shearing time and grain harvesting. To the small children, this was a great day, in the houses the women were all day busy preparing the food they were going to provide on the day.

Cite as:
Cum li tundeám cáprili ši óili – Growing up in Oshani: shearing time memories; performers: Stella Koziari, Stella Vragali, camera/ interview: Andreea Pascaru, transcription/translation: Thede Kahl, Andreea Pascaru, editor: Valentina Paul; retrieved from www.oeaw.ac.at/VLACH, ID number: megl1237GRV0007a.

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