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Paparuda, probably of pagan origin, is a Romanian rain ritual, performed in the spring and in times of severe drought.
A girl, wearing a skirt made of knitted vines and small branches, sings and dances through the streets of the village, stopping at every house, where the hosts pour water on her.
The name is probably derived from the south-Slavic goddess Perperuna, or as Sorin Paliga suggests, from a local Thracian substratum. Like the Dodola, another custom Paliga argues is of Thracian origin, the Paparuda is found only at Romanians (păpărudă), Aromanians (pirpirună) and South Slavs(peperuda, perperuna).
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- Sorin Paliga: "Influenţe romane și preromane în limbile slave de sud" .pdf