A Békés Megyei Múzeumok Közleményei 2. (Békéscsaba, 1973)

Grin Igor: Hat délszláv népdal Battonyáról

Six Soutern Slav folksongs from Battonya IGOR GRIN The author presents six folk-poetry works of the Serbian ethnic group in the threenationality village of Battonya on the South-East Hungarian Plain. These were collected in 1969—1972. In the introductory part of the study, some problems of comparison are examined; then, following from the prosodie, structural characteristics of the texts from Battonya, and from a comparison with Yugoslav literary data, the relevant, current evidence of the survival and traditional passing-on is analysed. It is shown that certain, outstanding pieces of Serbian oral tradition in Battonya (Kosovska bitka) have essentially been preserved in a traditional way since the resettlement, and have lost practically nothing from their beauty. The article is supplemented by the author's translations in Hungarian. 235