Koliadka

M. Germashev. «With a Star». 1916

Koliadka[1][2][3] (Ukrainian: колядка, Czech: koleda, Bulgarian: коледарска песен, Romanian: colindă, Polish: kolęda) are traditional songs usually sung in Eastern Slavic, Central European and Eastern European countries during the Christmas holiday season. It is believed that everything sung about will come true.[4]

  1. ^ "Entry Display Web Page".
  2. ^ "Koliadky in the 21st Century – Razom".
  3. ^ https://diasporiana.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/books/23834/file.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ "::Best of Ukraine ::Holidays in Ukraine". Retrieved 2007-05-08.