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#НЕГНИПАТИК #Go_A #SHUM #EUROVISION2021 Ukraine will be presented with song #SHUM by #Go_A in Eurovision 2021. The lyrics of the song come from a traditional folk ritual of calling/inviting the spring during the pagan times. It is usually accompanied with circular dances and so-called “twining the Noise/SHUM“. This genre is called VESNIANKA. The context behind this song involves a lot of nuances and symbolism concerned with the pagan believes and their idea of the spiritual life. The world was full of mysterious creatures in the eyes of pagans. Even the routine phenomena of nature were personalised as gods or spirits and, sometimes, granted a special symbolic meaning. The plot: girls are dancing around and suddenly break the fur coat of the spirit Shum who was sleeping and keeping nature still during the winter. They make it come to their celebration and join them. They want to get control over it by braiding, plaiting and twining it with their movements. Thus, after many attempts, they
