Vidovdan (song)

"Vidovdan" (Serbian: Видовдан) is the name of a Serb folk song that was featured on the 1989 album with the same name of Gordana Lazarević, a singer from Serbia.

Not to be confused with Vidovdan.
"Vidovdan"
Song by Gordana Lazarević
from the album 'Vidovdan'
Released1989
GenreSerbian folk
Length3:30
Songwriter(s)Gordana Lazarević
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Vidovdan (St. Vitus' Day, June 28) is one of the most important religious holidays of the Serbs, Serbian Orthodox Church and Serbia, as it is of great a historical importance because of the Battle of Kosovo which was fought between Medieval Serbia and the invading Ottoman Empire on June 28, 1389. The lyrics refer to the battle and Serbs of Kosovo.

The album which contains the song, also Vidovdan, was released in 1989, the year of the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo.

Lyrics

The text of the song with translation to English:

gollark: I have a C implementation.
gollark: If I remember right, the computers of the time weren't good enough to stand up to proper glorious length terminated strings.
gollark: Oh, I designed this format retroactively.
gollark: Not even middle endian or length-terminated number strings?
gollark: I see.

See also
  • Serbian music
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