THE JUSTIFICATION OF MYTHS IN RITUAL CALENDAR SONGS AMONGST ALBANIANS

Abstract

Humans learned to celebrate religious rituals, celebrations for hunting or for the beginning of seasons, and accompanied them with ritual songs, which can still be found in regions that haven’t been influenced by ‘modernity’ yet. However, it is difficult to imagine a dumb civilization, unable to sing in order to express its feelings. The song has often given voice to collective passions during important moments of work, faith (ideality) and pleasure.