Dordolec (rain-boy / scarecrow host)
Dordolec
Leaf-clad rain-boy procession; Devoll Dudulja; garden scarecrow names as a section.
Description
Leaf-clad rainmaking procession figure: children strip a boy (~8–10; sometimes a girl in Borovë), wrap him in leaves/kulpra leaving only eyes, hide his name, lead him house to house; housewives pour water over him while rain-songs ask for grain (Tirta ~pp. 310–312). The same host page also carries Devoll Dudulja doll variant and garden scarecrow names Plaku/Nusja e Kopshtit / Surrati i Arës — rain-boy and scarecrow jobs kept distinct. Rain songs sometimes overlay saint names from the Christian calendar.
Features
- rain-procession host (Tirta)
- garden surret / scarecrow name-cloud (Tirta)
Lead story
They wrap the boy in leaves until only the eyes show, then walk him for rain. Water hits him at each door; the song asks for maize and wheat. In the garden another name — plaku i kopshtit — keeps birds off the plot. Same host page, different job.
Aliases
Dordolec · Dordoleci · Dudulja · Plaku i Kopshtit (scarecrow section) · Nusja e Kopshtit · Surrati i Arës · Plaka e Kopshtit
Region
Wider Albania rain rites (stronger S/SW); Devoll Dudulja variant; garden scarecrow name-cloud as section
Relations
- Old Wife's Days (calendar hinge)not the same as
- Lucky-Foot First Visitorritual calendar peer
Linked stories
- Dordolec — leaf rain-boyRecorded
Leaf-clad child led house to house for rain; Dudulja Devoll variant; garden plaku as scarecrow.