One of the Russian Easter songs, it was sung in the Smolensk region. This song is a celebratory tune sung by peasants going door-to-door on Easter Day, and a playful song performed during the throwing of boiled eggs. 'Dalalyn (Далалынь)' is an onomatopoeic word for the sound of eggs colliding. It is included in Rimsky-Korsakov's Collection of Russian Folk Songs. Stravinsky used this folk song in Scene 1, 'The Shrovetide Fair,' of his ballet music Petrushka.