"Când ciobanul și-a pierdut oile" performed by Ilie Cazacu (reeds / "fluier") & Constantin Șuiu (folk lute / "cobză"). Romanian traditional shepherd folk song ("doină") from Moldova, Bucovina area, Fundu Moldovei village version.
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"When the shepherd lost his sheep" is a popular archaic folk theme across all folkloric areas inhabited by Romanians. It tells a story about a shepherd who lost his flock and engages in a search to find them. Every time he believes he found the flock, he is disappointed by the reality that he made a mistake and all he found was rocks, clouds, shrubs or similar items of lesser value.
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