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Zabava

Zabava (Polish: Zabawa[1][2][3]) is an Eastern European or Slavic word for a party with music and dancing.[4][5][6][7] The word zabava is often used as an adjective for Eastern European bands that play party music.[8][9] Zabava has been used as the title of songs, the name of musical and dance groups, and the name of community centers.

Origin

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The origin of the word zabava is from the Proto-Slavic word zabava meaning fun or amusement. Zabava sometimes refers to "entertainment."[10] It has come to mean "party" in Serbia, Croatia, Ukraine, and Czech culture.[4][11][12][13][14]

Musical references

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Zabava Bands

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Canadian Zabava Bands

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US Zabava Bands

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  • Ukrainian Village Band[8]

Songs

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Other

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  • Zabava is the name of a musical group.[21]
  • Zabava is the name of a Russian dance group performing Ukrainian dance.[22][23]
  • Zabawa is a Polish festival in Erie, USA.[2][3]

There is a Zabava (poem)

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There is a Zabava is the name of a poem by Nicole Yurcaba.[4]

Yurcaba's poem begins:

"There is a zabava,

and everyone is singing the songs about the birds; there is a pearl inside me that wishes I could play Dedushka’s mandolin which rests in its battered leather case because I feel, at times, that all we as Ukrainians have is each other and the music; the squalling trumpets, the plucked banduras, the daring dentsivkas, Diduk’s silenced mandolin and the tribal drums that move our feet and sway our hips and preserve on our lips that intricate language, those spider-web secrets

that are preciously ours."[24]

Nicole Yurcaba is an instructor of English at Bridgewater College[25] whose poetry and essays have appeared in numerous publications.[26] There is a Zabava was featured in the Atlanta Review in 2015.[4]

Other cultural references

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  • Zabava is a Ukrainian banquet hall and catering service in New Jersey, USA.[27]
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References

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  1. ^ "Zabawa". The Cambridge Dictionary. September 13, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Zabawa — Polish heritage festival returns to Erie". WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com. 2022-08-25. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  3. ^ a b "30th Annual Zabawa Polish Heritage Festival Kicks off at Holy Trinity Church". www.erienewsnow.com. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  4. ^ a b c d Yurcaba, Nicole (Spring–Summer 2015). "There is a Zabava". Atlanta Review. 21 (2): 7–8 – via Literary Reference Center Plus.
  5. ^ Onic, Tomaz (2016). CHAPTER NINE THE SLOVENE BIRTHDAY PARTY ON FILM, Highlights in Anglo-American Drama: Viewpoints from Southeast Europe. p. 166.
  6. ^ Nahachewsky, Andriy (2012). Ukrainian dance: a cross-cultural approach. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & company. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-7864-6168-4.
  7. ^ Pajalic, Amra (2009). The Good Daughter. Text Publishing Company. p. 13. ISBN 9781921520334.
  8. ^ a b "UKRAINIAN VILLAGE BAND – Ukrainian roots and Zabava band". Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  9. ^ a b "STEPPE". steppeband.com. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  10. ^ Stanoje, Bojanin (2005). Entertainment and Festivities in Medieval Serbia From the End of the 12th to the End of the 15th Century; Zabave i svetkovine u srednjovekovnoj Srbiji : od kraja XII do kraja XV veka. Belgrade: Institute of History. pp. 233, 394.
  11. ^ Kalynovska, Iryna (2017-08-18). "Ukrainianisms as a Reflection of the National Identity in Ukrainian-Canadian Literature (Using Source Material From the Novel «The Ladies' Lending Library» by Janice Kulyk Keefer)". Науковий вісник Східноєвропейського національного університету імені Лесі Українки (in Ukrainian) (3): 223–227.
  12. ^ Papo, Eliezer (2007). "Serbo-Croatian Influences on Bosnian Spoken Judeo-Spanish". European Journal of Jewish Studies. 1 (2): 343–363. doi:10.1163/187247107783876329. ISSN 1025-9996.
  13. ^ Milanović, Ivana (2019-09-20). English as a foreign language: how emotional can it be? (info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis thesis). University of Zagreb. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Department of English language and literature.
  14. ^ Colloquial Slovene. Book (Repr. ed.). London: Routledge. 2003. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-415-08946-3.
  15. ^ "Capital Ukrainian Festival - Zirka". capitalukrainianfestival.com. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  16. ^ "Zirka". Pysankafestival. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  17. ^ "Rushnychok". citizenfreak.com. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  18. ^ Pathway, New (2020-06-25). "Reflections on Rushnychok at 50". New Pathway Ukrainian News | Новий Шлях Українські Вісті. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  19. ^ "Ukrainian-Canadian Zabava, Pub, Wedding, Polka & Party Bands". www.ukr-can-zabavabands.ca. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  20. ^ "EMA 2008: Turbo Angels - "Zabava"". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  21. ^ "Певица ZABAVA official website | www.zabavamusic.com". ZABAVA official (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  22. ^ "Zabava Russian Dance". www.zabavadance.com. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  23. ^ Zabava - Ukrainian Dance, retrieved 2023-09-05
  24. ^ "There Is a Zabava". vox poetica. 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  25. ^ "Poetry by Nicole Yurcaba". luna luna magazine. 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  26. ^ "Nicole Yurcaba, Author at Atticus Review". Atticus Review. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  27. ^ "HOME | Zabava Banquet Hall and Catering". Zabava. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
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