o Shion

"the moon." The moon, was created by the high god oDel out of the earth. The Kalderash address a special prayer to her:

Shonuto nevo ankliste
Tal aminghe bachtalo
Alacl'ame bivolengo
Te mukel ame bachtasa
Ai sastimasa
Ai lovensa...
The New Moon has come out
May she be lucky for us
She has found us penniless
May she leave us with [good] fortune
And with [good] health
And with money...

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Shonuto is a diminutive form of Shion.

References

Source

  • Clebert, Jean-Paul. (1967). The Gypsies. Baltimore: Penguin, pp. 174, 176.