A "kolanje" (ring dance song) according to singing and dancing of Milan Lazić from the village of Boljanić in the Ozren Mountain area of Eastern-Central Bosnia

"Oh my green apple tree, why did you bear so many fruits? Three branches with three apples. The falcon sits on the fourth branch. The falcon watches the ring dance by beautiful Ozren Mountain down below. All the maidens and young men dance the ring dance. Every sister is dancing next to her brother. The girl Marija has no brother, so she sticks close to her cousin. The cousin leads the dancers fiercely, like fairies, and shouts at the young men: 'Why are you just standing around the ring-dance like oxen around their barns? Why are you standing and staring? Come and take Marija with you!'"

Lead Vocals: Svetlana Spajić

Performed January 28, 2012 at CounterPULSE, San Francisco
Video by Rapt Productions

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