Shawl in Lithuanian folk songs

Straipsnyje aptariama, kaip lietuvių liaudies dainose vaizduojama skarelė, nagrinėjamos skarelės įvaizdžio perkeltinės prasmės poetiniame dainų kontekste. Analizei pasirinktos dainos ar dainų fragmentai, kuriuose minima skarelė. Pastebima, kad poetiniame dainų kontekste „balta“ „šilko“„žaliais šilkais siūta“ „skarelė“(„skuskelė“, „skepetėlė“) vartojama perkeltine prasme. Liaudies dainose skarelė ne tik jaunikio ar merginos dovana išrinktajam, bet daugiareikšmis įvaizdis, padedantis išreikšti emocinius išgyvenimus, siekius ir svajones. Dainose ta mergina, kuri nuo gimimo šilko skara vystyta, šluostyta ir gebanti skarelę šilkais siuvinėti, yra pageidaujama nuotaka. Dainose skarelė gali įprasminti ne tik mergystės statusą, bet ir intymius išgyvenimus. Skarelė minima šalia rūtų vainiko, šilko kaspinų, aukso žiedų ir kitos mergystės dienų atributikos. Ištekėjusi mergina šilko skarą numeta šalin. Skarą ryšinčios ar ją turinčios merginos įvaizdis praturtina lietuvių liaudies dainų vainikuotos, žieduotos, šilkus dėvinčios nuotakos paveikslą.So far researchers have not succeeded in comprehensively explaining how elements of clothing acquire symbolic meaning. An answer to this question may be offered through an analysis of the images of clothes in folklore. The focus of the present analysis is the representation of the shaw in Lithuanian folk songs. In Lithuanian folk songs, the shawl is frequently related to children as an obligatory attribute of girlhood days; for example, a girl swaddled in a silk shawl at her birth is believed to grow up a desired bride. The shawl is often mentioned among other clothes and is presented as a meaningful element of a full set of clothing. The shawl can also refer to the anxiety of a bride. Like a golden ring, a shawl can be given to a young girl by her fiance, but can also be the girl's gift. The context of such songs usually emphasizes the figurative meaning of a shawl (which is white, made of silk, and embroidered with green silk), not its practical purpose. The shawl is frequently mentioned along with a wreath of rues, a string of pearls, a golden ring, and silk clothing, which are traditional images of girlhood. The image of the shawl is also used to refer to complicated intimate experiences. The destiny of a shawl is the same as that of a wreath of rues, silky ribbons, a golden ring, and other attributes of girlhood days as the young man, who has promised to make a horsecloth out of a silk shawl, turns out to be swindling; he often loses the shawl; or, after marriage, the shawl is thrown aside. The shawl is a frequent Image used in folk songs, which not only describes women's concerns with daily experience, but also reveals their dreams and aspirations for Ideals. The image of a girl wearing or having a shawl enriches the picture of a bride dressed in silk, adorned with a rue wreath and a golden ring, so usual in Lithuanian folk songs