A Handkerchief Full of Lilac. Bećarac from Šajkaška—Fieldwork Material

Folkloristics 9/1 (2024)
Author: Zoja Karanović
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In the course of ethnological and folkloristic research lasting from 1986 to 1990 in the villages of Šajkaška (a region in southeastern Bačka), the author collected a great number of bećarac songs, out of which 116 are presented in this paper.

Keywords: bećarac, Šajkaška, folklore, fieldwork material, short lyric forms.