Ethnographical ensemble
Ðíilbçni
On concert of naughty songs in Bears garden, Balvi, 22 May 1994
Name: Ðíilbçni
meaning: toponym
recommended transcription in English: Skilbeni
approximate pronunciation in English: Shtylbehni
Listen pronunciation in AU format (16 Kb)
Created: November 1981
Location: Skilbeni, Balvi distr., Latgalia
Leader: Emîlija Puþule
Number of participants: 13, of them by age:
younger than 14 years: 2
from 25 to 44 years: 2
from 45 to 64 years: 5
older than 64 years: 4
and by gender:
males: 0
females: 13
Forms of activity: sing, play roundelays
Description: The ethnographical ensemble Ðíilbçni was founded in
November 1981 in Skilbeni manor, which had belonged at one time to squire
Lebedev. In the building of manor the Village Soviet, library and club
were located. In club passed all our rehearsals. So we decided to name
also the ensemble Ðíilbçni. Then there were 8-9 women singing in the
ensemble. It was organized by the chief of the club Logina Zigrîda, but two
years later she, because of change of the place of work, left. Since I
(Puþule Emîlija) worked in library in the same building, I began to manage the
ensemble. The ensemble began to grow, we were joined by good female voices.
I invited also schoolchildren of Rekava secondary school, they participated
for a certain time but left after finishing the school.
In our ensemble there sing folklore narrators with very rich songstocks:
Sliðâne Rozâlija, Logina Lucija, Puþule Marija.
Ensemble Ðíilbçni has acted on many measures in our farm, our
district, our republic. It has visited Valka, Valmiera, Songs hill,
participated in Baltica-94, Baltica-97, sung on weddings and funerals.
In repertoir - labour, wedding, soldier's, joint working songs.
15'th anniversary of ensemble, 1 May 1997
Sound sample: Guïbîts kïîdze azarâ (Swan on lake yelled) (1998)
One couplet in AU format (330 Kb)
Full song in MP3 format (427 Kb)
Address:
in Latvian:
Velta Supe, Rekava 37-27, p/n Ðíilbçni, Balvu raj., LV-4587, Latvija
in English:
Velta Supe, Rekava 37-27, p/o Skilbeni, Balvi distr., LV-4587, Latvia
Phone: (+371) 45-91735
Date of presenting the information: 17 August 1998