Guys, there are deep meaning hidden in this song. You can see postapocaliptical theme on the start. The vehicles and costumes. To undestand it you can see at 3:15 Chernobil dome. This year 35 years since the catastrophe. Thats also why you see people dancing with masks.
@@5minmusic It was filmed near Pripyat yeah, but the song itself is about moving on and calling in better times, not mentioning anything bad. The mask thing is actually a reference to Covid, masks don't help all that much against radiation.
Shum (Shoom) is a deity living in the forest. They wake him up (sing, dance, perform the ritual), so spring comes. The song is a "vesnyanka" song. Further explanations can be found below, if you are interested
Vesnianky-hahilky (also known in Galicia as haïvky, iahilky, hahulky, halahilky, iaholoiky, maivky, and rohulky). Ritual folk songs sung by girls in conjunction with ritual dances and games from early spring until the Feast of the Holy Trinity, particularly at Easter. In some regions they were sung only at Easter. They were performed in the village street, churchyard, cemetery, or pasture. Originally their purpose was to persuade the mysterious forces of nature to provide the people with a bountiful harvest and a happy life. The magical function of the songs was eventually forgotten, and they became entertainment. The vesnianky season opened as a rule with a farewell to winter, which took place on Candlemas, the day marking the meeting of winter and summer and their strength, or at the first sighting of migratory birds. A straw or wooden image of winter called Smert (Death), Mara (Specter), or Kostrub (Slob) was burned or drowned to the singing of vesnianky, and then spring, sometimes personified by a girl in a flower and herb wreath, was welcomed with ritual dances, such as Mosty ‘Bridges’ and Vorotar ‘Gatekeeper’. The dialogue, ‘O Beautiful Spring, what have you brought us?’ ‘I have brought you summer, a pink flower, winter wheat, and all sorts of fragrant things,’ was sung. In some localities bird-shaped bread was baked and tossed by children into the air to represent birds in flight. Many vesnianky were addressed to birds, groves and woods, and trees and flowers, asking them to assist the coming of spring (see Spring rituals). The oldest vesnianky are those associated with ritual portrayal of plant growth and farm work (Mak ‘Poppy’, Proso ‘Millet’, Ohirochky ‘Cucumbers’, Khmil’ ‘Hops’, Khrin ‘Horseradish’, Hrushka ‘Pear’, L’on ‘Flax’) and the behavior of birds (Horobchyk ‘Sparrow’, Soloveiko ‘Nightingale’, Husky ‘Geese’, Kachky ‘Ducks’, Kachuryk ‘Drake’), animals (Vovk ‘Wolf’, Lysytsia ‘Fox’, Zaichyk ‘Bunny’), domestic animals (Baran ‘Ram’, Kozel ‘Goat’), and insects (Zhuk ‘Beetle’). Most of the vesnianky that have survived include motifs of courtship, the invitation to dance, female charms, true love, and the marriage proposal, but they also include mockery and satiric couplets about young men and women. These songs are of more recent origin. Sometimes they are accompanied a dance or game. Their purpose is to attract young suitors. These vesnianky are closely related to wedding songs and lyrical songs; they are a kind of prologue to forthcoming weddings. Many of them contain echoes of ancient family and social practices, such as the abduction and ransoming of girls, and the decisive role of the girl's mother in the setting up of the marriage. Some vesnianky contain references to the Princely era, mention of Dazhboh, images of Prince Roman Mstyslavych, talk of tribute in honey, and battle accounts. The Cossack era is depicted in many songs about the wanderings of the peasant Cossacks, the campaigns, the Cossack's separation from his beloved, and various Cossack exploits. The genre reflects many historical periods and often deforms the concrete details. Some vesnianky, such as Dunai, Vorotar, and Mosty, originated in Western Europe and were brought to Ukraine. The songs are rich in imagery, associations, antitheses, similes, and especially psychological parallelism. The simple but moving melodies have a deep rhythmic structure punctuated with frequent exclamations. Ryndzivky, a form of vesnianky, were sung at Easter by young men in the Yavoriv area in Galicia. In Soviet Ukraine the vesnianky began to disappear after the Revolution of 1917 and were completely gone by the end of the Famine-Genocide of 1932-3. In Ukraine today they are sung only by professional and amateur ensembles. In the Ukrainian communities of Western Europe and North and South America they remain a part of the Easter celebrations. They continue to be performed by young people in the churchyard after the blessing of the Easter bread. The vesnianky began to be recorded systematically only in the mid-19th century. They can be found in almost every song collection: there are 91 in Yakiv Holovatsky's Narodnye pesni z Galitskoi i Ugorskoi Rusi (Folk Songs of Galician and Hungarian Ruthenia, 1878) and 184 (and 108 melodies) in Volodymyr Hnatiuk's Haïvky (1909). To date the fullest collection is O. Dei's Ihry ta pisni (Games and Songs, 1963), which contains 368 texts and 129 melodies. The vesnianky had an important influence on the development of lyric poetry in Ukrainian classical literature (Hryhorii Skovoroda, Markiian Shashkevych, Taras Shevchenko, Ivan Franko, Lesia Ukrainka). In music they were exploited by Petro Nishchynsky, Mykola Lysenko, Mykola Leontovych, Stanyslav Liudkevych, and others. They were presented on stage in the ethnographic-realist plays of Mykhailo Starytsky and Ivan Karpenko-Kary and were depicted on canvas by Ivan Trush, Olena Kulchytska, Yaroslava Surmach-Mills, and others. In recent times they have made their way onto film and television. In 1988 Czechoslovak television filmed Lety mii vinochku (Fly, My Wreath), with screenplay by Mykola Mushynka, based on the Ukrainian vesnianky of the Prešov region. BIBLIOGRAPHY Potebnia, A. Obiasnenie malorusskikh i srodnykh narodnykh pesen, 2 vols (Warsaw 1883, 1887) Anichkov, E. Vesennyia obriadovyia pesni na zapade i u slavian, 2 vols (Saint Petersburg 1903, 1905) Voropai, O. Zvychaï nashoho narodu, vol 1 (Munich 1958) Kylymnyk, S. Ukraïns'kyi rik u narodnikh zvychaiakh v istorychnomu osvitlenni, vol 2 (Winnipeg 1959) Sokolova, V. Vesenne-letnyie kalendarnye obriady russkikh, ukraintsev i belorusov XIX-nachalo XX v. (Moscow 1979) Mykola Mushynka [This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 5 (1993).]
And some words about her voice and singing. The singer of her teen age lived in difficult conditions and cold, which made her very ill. When she developed internal bleeding, she underwent lung surgery, some of which was removed. In this regard, she had to learn to sing again and use a different technique.
Greetings from Ukraine! This is a traditional song for invoking spring. The Shum (noise) in this song is a mythological personage, the spirit of the forest. When people sing this song (it calls vesnyanka from the name of vesna - spring) , make noise and dance, they call on this spirit, and he rather brings spring.This is the meaning of this song. The singer's green clothes mean the green fur coat of the spirit of the forest Shum. Around her, the musicians form a kind of magic circle. This is the symbol of the Sun. And the Sun rises on the stagescreen too. And then it explodes, crumbling into thousands of pieces. And the explosion of the Sun in the stagevideo reminds us of Chornodyl tragedy. The official video clip for this song was shot in Chernobyl(now its empty town),where the reactor exploded. This is symbolic, because wildlife is now being revived and renewed there. And the song itself also has roots in this region of Ukraine. The vocalist's name is Kateryna. (#monokate) She says that the rituals of invoking spring and the sun are not only in the Ukrainian tradition, but also in the traditions of many nations of Europe and the World.
Thank you for the info about this song. I can't get this song out of my mind. I hear it when I am silent. I hear it in my Dreams. It is now Spring 2023. Spring is my favorite time of year. I hope Ukraine is rebuilding by next Spring. I hope they use all the frozen oligarch's funds to help pay for it. Slava Ukraini! (From America)
this video was filmed in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. it symbolizes the arrival of spring and the cleansing of everything bad, especially in the context of COVID19! at 3:17 minutes the Chernobyl nuclear power plant with the New Safe Confinement which was put into operation on July 10, 2019. Hello from Ukraine!!!
When I hear this song my head starts to jump wildly!) And even when I lie on the couch my whole body dances uncontrollably!) Thank you for the wonderful reaction!)
Shum is not only the noise (literally), it's also mythological god or joined spirit of the forest, and in some ukrainian dialects - just a forest. Also, this song is of "Vesnyanka" traditional type - it calls for spring and new life, and the another layers are the calls for the resurrection after the Chornobyl's tragedy, and COVID as well
In Bulgaria partisans were called shumkari because they hid in the shuma , in the forests. shum in Bulgarian is noise. shuma is tree foliage I think Ukrainian is closest to Old Bulgarian than the other Slavic languages In Bulgarian there is also vocatve case when addressing some one like in Ukrainian - we say Yano when we adress Yana. or Ivane when we address Ivan. in Bulgarian infinitive was lost except in one verb - ebati. you can guess what it means Ukrainian kept the infinitive. also there are many common or close words in Bulgarian and Ukrainian which do not exist in Russian. for example bg chakam, UKr chekav RU ojidat bg striko ukr striiko UK dyadya bg vuicho ukr vuiko ru dyadya
@@binkobinev9210 Vuyko and Stryyko are appeals typical only for the western part of modern Ukraine. Already in the center, and even more so to the east, north and south, these appeals were never used. The literary base of the modern Ukrainian language is precisely its Central Ukrainian version. Therefore, the phrases "Vuyko" and "Stryyko" for modern Ukraine are dialectisms, ie specific variations, inherent only in certain regions. In western Ukraine (in the Carpathian Mountains, and in Transcarpathia), there are several interesting ethnic groups of Ukrainians, whose ancestors are considered to be the tribes of white Bulgarians who once passed through these places and partially remained to live. Perhaps that is why there is some affinity of their language to the modern Bulgarian language.
This is cool song , 👍🇺🇦✌️ Shum - is the name of a pagan god, who was meant to awaken spring, and such songs were popularly called vesnianky or spring songs.
Yeh, on the video is block #4 of the Chernobid nuclear power plant. My brother was at the Chernovyl station in May and June 1986 as part of military rescuers. А весняночку Go-A зачетно вiдновили:)
There is message in: We must live more in harmony with nature or we will have new Pandemia or Chernobyl soon again. Did not become clear to during the ESC but when you see this video or the other one with the anti virus suits it instantly gets clear. During ESC I found it a cool ethno-track - now i find it genius!
what Go_A is actually singing about/про що насправді співають Go_A - пояснює Євген ЛЇр (відео) - Культурні коди "Шуму" #Go_A #Eurovision2021 (English Subtitles)
Oh Lord. With only hearing a few seconds in, you guys wouldn't happen to be Swedish by any chance? - Love from your neighbour to the east. This song was an absolute banger!!
realy dont know what to say about this: first of all a huge thanks to ukraine giving us something sooooo unique and outstanding! this is what i love about the contest, and i wish more countries would follow this concept- coming up with something authentic and bound to the tradition and originality of their own country(native language incl.) no crap buyed and produced in sweden! allthough i cant stand her pitched aggressiv voice, it pains my ears. but the song itself has very good moments- it certainly makes an impact! i want to have this in the finals!
@@user-th3ct5kw5s whats your point? abba was a swedish entry so thats legit. my point is that countries buy their songs from swedish song writer teams, thats why ESC looses its originality.
@@sosko-ew3pl Дивлюсь реакції іноземців і бачу, що таки їм під силу зрозуміти посил цього відео. Так само чую ракції українців, і розумію, що багатьом із них не дано зрозуміти без додаткових пояснень (риторика: ми несемо село, селюків та сільські пісні в світ? ми несемо наркоманію (конопелечки) в світ? у нас немає нічого крім махрової автентики та Чорнобиля, щоб показати світу? і так далі...). Тож все залежить від людини особисто. Звичайно, той хто хоч трохи торкнувся автентики та розуміє суть веснянкок та гаївок, тому не важко додати один до одного і побачити анологію закликів до пробудження весни у веснянках в пробудженні природи та Землі від сучасної "хвороби" та "сну" в цій пісні. Але відео-ряд досить змістовний, тому можна й без бекграунду зрозуміти про що це все. Крім того вайб і саунд досить заразливі та приємні, тож пісня та відео загалом чудові за настроєм та сенсом. Якщо комусь важко це відчути, то він або навіть не намагався, або просто любить "фломастери іншого кольору".
Ok, i am totally necro posting but, i have to say this. "Mediaeval rave"... That has *got* to be the most apt description of the ritual this song represents, i have *ever* heard.
shum - voices in the oer-forest, folk song sinds 1856 ethnohistoricus ontdekt. Spring and mystical connection with nature Space Gog-the Creator. ukrains kindness and thuth. uit oer-time en oer-tekst gladness with oer-tradities with tradition.ukrains music instruments - сопiлка Весняночко, колядочко, лети, лети ластiвочко. oer-New Yaar was in the spring. Bravo Ukraine!!!!!!!!!!!
Кліп знімали в Чорнобилі біля атомної станції яка колись вибухнула. Там на тій атомній станції є підземні кімнати, які залиті бетоном і не давно там почались якісь хімічні реакції, може бути повторна аварія.
Песня, на мой взгляд, имеет более глубокий смысл. Это не просто Веснянка, прославляющая весну. Это не просто украинский фольклор с танцевально - ритмической составляющей. Вы же смотрите клип и видите саркофаг, Чернобыльскую зону, странных людей в химзащите. Скорее это песня о Возрождении этой зоны, ведь 35 лет прошло после страшной ядерной катастрофы. Группа показала свое видение процесса Возрождения Земли. На сцене Евровидения показаны голые деревья, солнце, разбившееся на мелкие кусочки, и голос певицы круто, очень круто исполняющей песню...и Солнце, снова полное Солнце , как надежда на это Возрождение. Думаю , людям, пережившим этот ужас, не до танцев...
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