p7230

ARTIST: F. Schönberg (drawing)

TITLE OF WORK: The Dodolo or Rain-girl (Das Dodolo oder Regenmädchen)

TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut

DATE: 1870

DIMENSIONS: 15 x 22.7 cm

COMMENTS: Dodolo or Dudulo is a custom spread over the Balkans to provoke rain. A girl is covered with branches and taken around the village; other girls dance around her, while grown-ups pour water over the gi

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Romania

DANCE FORM: traditional

KEYWORDS: child, water