SHTESHTE NXIRE VETULLA - ALBANIAN WEDDING SONG
I've been attending workshops in which we sing short songs in harmony. The songs come from different cultures and I'm sure our pronunciation of words in various languages rendered in phonetic spellings must be considerably distorted!

One song we've been singing is entitled "Shteshte Nxire Vetulla", or as we sing it "shesten ze-ra vetula". Said to be an Albanian wedding song.

I'd like to hear the real thing. I do have some recordings of music from that part of the world. Can anyone suggest recordings of this particular song?

Any information about what the words mean and what place the song has in wedding ceremony, would also be appreciated. Other singers in our group have commented that it sounds sad to them.

Our instructor, Karen Henry, got a lot of her material from Frankie Armstrong (directly and indirectly), if that's any help in locating further information. Another song I'd like to find out more about, and recordings of, is an African song (Kenyan we think) "Fan Ban ny ay".