''Zabava'' (
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
: ''Zabawa''
) is an
Eastern Europe
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an or
Slavic word for a party with music and dancing.
The word ''zabava'' is often used as an adjective for Eastern European bands that play party music.
Zabava has been used as the title of songs, the name of musical and dance groups, and the name of community centers.
Origin
The origin of the word ''zabava'' is from the Proto-Slavic word zabava meaning fun or amusement. ''Zabava'' sometimes refers to "entertainment." It has come to mean "party" in Serbia, Croatia, Ukraine, and Czech culture.
Musical references
Zabava Bands
Canadian Zabava Bands
* Zirka from Toronto
* Steppe from
Edmonton
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, Canada
*
Rushnychok
Rushnychok (Ukrainian: РУШНИЧОК) was a Ukrainian-Canadian four-person music ensemble from Lachine, Quebec, Canada actively performing from 1969 to 1980 and later for small audiences. Considered the best Ukrainian diaspora
The Ukrainian ...
*
Syny Stepiv
US Zabava Bands
* Ukrainian Village Band
Songs
* ''Zabava'' (
English
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* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
: "Party") is a 2008 song by the
Slovenia
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n group,
Turbo Angels
Turbo Angels are a Slovenian turbo-folk quartet. Menart Records published their premier single, ''Naj se dviga'', in 2005, and their debut album, ''Mi smo za…'', in June 2006.
Dejan Bojanec replaced Dejan Gorenjec Raj as the band's diatonic ...
, which ranked 6th out of 10 finalists in the 2008
Eurovision
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competition.
Other
* ''Zabava'' is the name of a musical group.
* ''Zabava'' is the name of a Russian dance group performing Ukrainian dance.
* ''Zabawa'' is a Polish festival in
Erie
Erie (; ) is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Erie is the fifth largest city in Pennsylvania and the largest city in Northwestern Pennsylvania with a population of 94,831 a ...
, USA.
There is a Zabava (poem)
''There is a Zabava'' is the name of a poem by Nicole Yurcaba.
Yurcaba's poem begins:
"There is a zabava,
and everyone is singing
the songs about the birds;
there is a pearl inside me
that wishes I could play
Dedushka’s mandolin which rests
in its battered leather case
because I feel, at times,
that all we as Ukrainians have
is each other and the music;
the squalling trumpets,
the plucked banduras,
the daring dentsivkas,
Diduk’s silenced mandolin
and the tribal drums
that move our feet
and sway our hips
and preserve on our lips
that intricate language,
those spider-web secrets
that are preciously ours."
Nicole Yurcaba is an instructor of English at
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater College is a private liberal-arts college in Bridgewater, Virginia. Established in 1880, Bridgewater College admitted both men and women from the time of its founding and was the first four-year liberal arts college in Virginia to ...
whose poetry and essays have appeared in numerous publications. ''There is a Zabava'' was featured in the
Atlanta Review
''Atlanta Review'' is an international poetry journal based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded by Daniel Veach in 1994 and is published twice a year. Karen Head of the Georgia Institute of Technology became editor in 2016.
The jou ...
in 2015.
Other cultural references
* ''Zabava'' is a Ukrainian banquet hall and catering service in
New Jersey
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, USA.
External links
The Ukrainian-American band, Night Melody, performing Ukrainian zabava music in 1979
References
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Ukrainian folk music