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1. Who are the “Folk” in Folk Dancing?
2. What Is Dance? Why Do We Dance? Why Do I Dance?
A new approach to recreational folk dancing – Phase 4?
About the Balkans, Anatolia, & the Levant
Dick Crum on Dance Categories
Folk Dancers, Type 1 of 3. – Traditional
Folk Dancers, Type 2 of 3. – Performing
Folk Dancers, Type 3 of 3. – Recreational and Pseudo
History of recreational folk dancing in the USA – a Summary
Hora – Romania
How Balkan 'folk dances' are made – "Arranged Folklore"
Recreational Folk Dancing’s Inconvenient Truth
The Most Important Folk Dances – Updated
The Taproot Dance – T-6
The Taproot Family; T-4, T-4A, T-6, T-6A, T-8, T-10, T-10A, T-12A,
Uneven Walking – The Most Basic Dance Pattern – S,Q,Q; Q,Q,S; Q,S; S,Q; S,S,Q,Q,S;
Village, Performance, and Recreational Dances
Why do North & West European Folk Cultures have mostly partner dances, while South East Europe has hardly any?
CLOTHING
6. Embroidery – Decoration or Magic?
Karagouna costume
Symbolism in Ukrainian Embroidery
Those Baggy Trousers – Bosnia
Zeybek costume
1. A Few Words about Costume, by Dick Crum
2. Fringe – Much More than Frill
3. Cloth, A Brief History
4. From Cloth to Clothing
5. Tunic – the first stitched clothing is still with us.
CULTURE
ETHNICITY, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY
1st Europeans
Albanians/Illyrians/Shqiptar
Anatolia vs. Turkey
Ankara; History, Dances, and Fauna
Armenians
Assyrians
Banat region – Romania, Serbia, Hungary
Bulgarians
Byzantium and the beginnings of Ukraine/Russia
Christians in the Middle East
Cilicia, Kilikya, Կիլիկյան, – Assyrian, Armenian, Turkish
Csángó of Moldavia, Transylvania, Dobruja.
Dalmatia – the Croatian coast
Dick Crum Culture Session 1980
Dobrudja, Dobrogea
Gagauz – Moldova, Greece, Bulgaria, Ukraine
Galatians – Celts in Anatolia
Georgia/Sakartvelo/საქართველო
Greeks/Hellenes
Gypsy (Romani) Encounters, 1929, by Walter Starkie
Hemshin/Hamshen- Armenians/Turks
Isn’t it too bad that the Old Dances are Dying Out? by Dick Crum, 1974
Jews – Mizrahi, Sephardim, Ashkenazi
Kanun and Bloodfeud – North Albania
Karamanlides – Turks or Greeks?
Kefi – the Greek passion for enjoyment
Koutsovlachs, Arvaniti, Karagoúni, Sarakatsán – Greek Shepherds
Kurdistan
Kurds
Languages – Indo-European
Languages – Uralic & Turkic
Languages – Semitic
Macedonians
Maramureș, Romania & Ukraine
Moldova/Moldavia
Nomads – A different mindset changed our history
Oaș country, Satu Mare County – Romania
Pannonia-Carpathian Basin-Hungarian Plain
Peloponnese, Πελοπόννησος and its Dances
Pontus – Pontic Greeks
Purity, Blood, Women, Midwives and Milk in Maramureș
Roma (Gypsy) Culture’s Central Value – Marime
Roma or Gypsies – Why 2 names and where do they come from?
Romania Regions
Romanians & Vlachs
Romanians – Origins of the People and the Language
Slavs
Slovaks and Slovakia
Slovenia or Slavonia?
Strandja, Strandža – Bulgaria & Turkey
Thrace
Transylvania/Erdély/Ardeal – Romania
Tsakonia, Peloponnese – Greece
Turks – Who are they & How did they get to Anatolia?
Ukrainians – Who Are They?
Women who become men: Northern Albania’s Sworn Virgins (Burrnesha)
Yazidis, Yezidis, Êzîdî – Iraq, Anatolia, Caucasus, Germany, Russia
SPECIAL OCCASIONS
1.CALENDAR – Special Occasions in the Yearly Cycle
Birthday, Name Day, & Slava
Budni Vecher – the South Slav Pagan Christmas. Part 1 – Badnjak & Bûdnik
Bûdni Vecher – the South Slav Pagan Christmas. Part 2 – The Family Supper
Carnival in the Balkans
Dancing for the Dead Update- Joc/Hora de pomană (L*); Banat, Oltenia (Romania, Serbia, & Bulgaria)
DRĂGAICA, SÂNZIENELE
Fire-Walkers – Greece & Bulgaria
Henna Night – Kına Gecesi, a favorite of Turkish Brides
Koleda – the Bulgarian Christmas Horo
Koledari (Carolers) / Bûdni Vecher (Christmas Eve) – the South Slav Pagan Christmas, Part 3
Kolo event, 1914, described
K’ECH’IN VREN, (1*) Qechin vren, The FELTMAKERS’ DANCE – Armenia
Lazaruvané, Лазаруване; Lazarice, лазариците; Lazarka, Lazarica
New Year, Time
Panigyri, πανηγυρί – Greece
Punoletstvo, 18 Rodjendan. – Serbian
Roma Wedding in Greece, 2012
Sedyanka, Седянка – Bulgarian women’s work bee and occasion for courting.
St George’s Day – Pan-Balkan
The Sacred Springs of Strandja
Vardavar, Վարդավառ- Armenian Summer Water Fest
Wedding, Greek Macedonia, ca.1980
DANCE
1. Don’s Dance Shorthand
2. Dance Information
‘Ballroom’ Kolos – Serbia & Croatia
A Subjective History of Recreational (International) Folk Dancing in the USA – 1
A Subjective History of Recreational (International) Folk Dancing in the USA – 2
A Subjective History of Recreational (International) Folk Dancing in the USA – 3
Bulgaria – Major Dance Types
Bulgaria-Regional Dance Styles
Bulgarian Dance Rhythms (Uneven)
Clapping Dances
Dances of Oaș, Romanian step-dancing/clogging
Dances of Thessaly – Greece
Dick Crum on: Recreational Dancing ‘here’ vs Folk Dancing ‘there’.
Gabriola Caravan Dancers Repertoire
Hungarian Folk Dance
Israel & Early Israeli Dance
On Improvisation
ROMANI (Gypsy) MUSIC & DANCE
Romanian Dance Rhythms (Uneven)
Soviet Communism’s Contribution to World Culture – Igor Moiseyev
Steve Kotansky on “Authenticity”
Strigături, Romania
The First Folk Dancers
Village repertoire – How many dances?
What is a ‘Folk’ dance?
Yemenite step
Za Pojas (L*), за појас dance family – Pan-Balkan
3. A “real” folk dance – what is it?
3b. – 1st GENERATION DANCES
Alunelul Batut (1*) – Romania
Anastenária (1*)- Greece
Arap horo, (1*) АРАП ХОРО – Serres, Greece, Pirin region, Bulgaria
Bitlis’te Bes Minare (1*) – Turkish/Kurdish
Black Nag – England
Boierească, Boerească, Hora boierească (1* & 2*) – Romania – UPDATES
Bregovsko Horo (1*), Бреговско хоро – Bulgaria
Bučimiš (1*), Бучимиш хоро – Bulgaria
Bulgar (1*)- Yiddish Music and Dance
Children’s Dances (1st Generation or Living?)
Alunelu(l) (1*), children’s song & dance – Romania
Damat Halyı – Turkey
Devojačko kolo/Девојачко коло – Serbian children’s dance
Ersko Kolo (Ja Brdom) – Serbia
Hopa cupa skoči (Zaplet) – Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia
Ja Posejah Lubenice – Serbia
Kastorianos – Greece
Körtánc (Várba Harangoznak) – Hungarian children’s dance
Penguin Dance & Bunny Hop – the World’s 70-year-old Dance Craze
Pljeskavac – children’s dance, Banat
Šareni Čorapi – Children’s song & dance in 9/8 – Macedonia
Savila se Bela Loza – Serbia
Šetnja, (Dodji, Mile or Prodje Mile) – Serbian Children’s Dance
Srpkinja – Serbian Children’s dance
Ciuleandra (1*), Romania
Crmnički Oro (1*) – Montenegro
Djurdjevka Kolo (1*)- Đurđevka kolo- Ђурђевка Коло- Serbia
Džangurica (1*) – Bulgaria (Moreau, 1st G)
Feciorește – Romanian
Fjäskern (1*) – Sweden
Floricică, (1*) – Romania, N.W. Bulgaria
Glamoč (1*)- Bosnia-Herzegovina
Hammerschmiedgesellen (1*) Hammersmith – German
Hodoroaga (1*) – Romania
Indijski Čoček (1*) – Macedonian Roma
Jeni Jol, Yeni Yol, (1*), Rumelaj (S**)- North Macedonia, Turkey
Jove (Malaj Mome) (1*), Jovino Horo (Oro, Kolo) – Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia
Karsi Bar (1*)- Armenian
Kopanitsa (1*)- Bulgaria
Kostursko Oro (1*)ex-Macedonia
Ličko kolo (1*)- 1st G – Croatia
Mayia (1*)- Greece
Mihanikos (1*), Sponge Diver Dance – Kalymnos
Minka (1*)- Bulgaria
Mom Bar (1*) & (L?**)- Armenia
Mom Bar (1*) – Armenia
Nestinarsko (1*)- Bulgaria
Odeno Oro (1*)- North Macedonia
Odzemok (1*) – Slovakia
Opšaj diri (1*)- Croatia
Pljeskavac (1*)(Clap Kolo) – Banatean-American
Pravoto oro (1*), правото оро – North Macedonia
Rustemul (1*) – Romania
Sadi Moma (1*), Сади Мома – Bulgaria – The Free Software Song
Schioapa (1*) – Romania
Sirun Aghchik (1*) (Sweet Girl); Revised – Armenian-American
Šopsko horo, (1*) шопско хоро, Šopsko za pojas – Bulgaria;
Starobosansko kolo (1*) – Bosnia-Herzegovina
Vranjanka, (1*) Teško (Šano dušo, Belo Lenče) – Serbia, Kosovo, N. Macedonia
Vrličko kolo (1*)- Croatia
Vulpiță, (Vulpiuță) (1*) – Oltenia, Romania
Yiddish Dances (1*)
Zagorisios/Valle Zagorishte (1*) – Zagori, Greece/Albania
Zetsko Oro (1*) – Montenegro
Zhok (1*)(Slow Hora) – Yidddish
3c. – 2nd GENERATION DANCES
Aj lipo ti je (2*) – seuCroatia
Ajde Jano (2*) – seuSerbia
Ali Paşa (2*)- seuTurkey
Alta es la Luna (Horon) (2*) – Greek Sephardim
Avre Tu Puerta Cerrada (2*) – Sephardic Jews
Bat Teiman (2*) – Israel
Bavno Oro (2*)- seuMacedonia
Belasičko oro (2*) – seuMacedonia
Biserka Bojerka (2*) – Serbian ‘Ballroom’
Branle de la fosse aux loups (2*) – France
Brâuletul (2*) – seuRomania
Brestaška râčenica (2*) – seuBulgarian
Cherkessia Kfula (2*) – Israel
Ciganski Orijent (2*) – seuSerbian
Cimpoi (2*) – seuRomanian
Çobankat (2*)- seuAlbanian
Cuileandra (2*)- seuRomanian
Dancing on Water (2*)- Jewish, but not Israeli Music and Dance
Daronee (2*), Armenia
Dospatsko horo (1?*, 2*) – Rhodopes, seuBulgarian
Drāgāicuta (2*)- seuRomanian
Dragana i Slavei (S*) (Draganinata) (2*) – Bulgaria
Dramskoto (2*)- seuBulgarian (Pirin), seuNorth Macedonian
Elmalarin Yongasi (2*)- seuTurkish
Erev Ba (2*) – Israel
Floricică Olteneasca (2*)- seuRomanian
Floricică, 6 examples – 1stG, 2ndG – Romanian, seuRomanian
Gerakina (2*)- seuGreek
Gocečki čačak (2*)- 2ndG (seuSerbian/seuBulgarian)
Gün Ola (2*)- seuTurkish
Hineh Ma Tov (2*)- Israel
Hora Agadati (2*)- 1st Israeli Dance
Hora Hadera (2*)- Israel
Hora Mare Bucovineana (2*) – seuRomanian
Hora Medura (2*)- Israel
Hora Miresei (2*) – seuRomanian
Hora nuntaşilor (2*)- seuRomanian
Hora Veche (1* & 2*) – seuRomanian
Horehronsky Čardáš (2*)- seuSlovakian;
Joc de Leagane, (2*) – seuRomanian
Julud (2*), Khulood; Sahrawi (Western Sahara) music, Choreography by Sabine Reisenger
Kak U Kluchika (2*) (by a spring) – seuRussian
Karagoúna, (2*) – seuGreek
Karamfil, (2*) Карамфил – seuPirin
Kerem Eyle (2*) – seuSerbian
Kirmizi Biber (2*)- seuTurkish
Körcsárdás (2*)- seuHungarian
Kriči Kriči Tiček (2*)- seuCroatian
Kuma Echa (2*)- Israel
La Masa Mare (2*) – seuRomanian
Lakodalmi Tánc (2*)- seuHungarian
Lerikos (2*) – seuGreek
Likrat Shabat (2*)- Israel
Louky (2*)- seuBohemian
Ma Navu (2*)- Israel
Mayim, Mayim (2*)- Palestine (Israel)
Misirlou (2**) – USA (seuGreek and Armenian)
Mori Čupi Kosturčanki (2*)- ex-Macedonia
Mori Shej (2*) – Hungarian Roma music, UK/USA choreography
Never on Sunday (2*)- USA (Greek)
Opa Čupa (2*)- Serbian Roma music, UK choreography
Orijent (2*)- Dick Crum’s arrangement of Serbian Romani motifs
Pet je kumi (2*) (v jedni kleti) – seuCroatian
Primavera en Salonico (2*) – Sephardic Greek music, Kotanksy choreography
Raca (2*) – seuSerbian
Rustemul (2*) – seuRomanian
Sandansko Horo (2*), Санданско – Pirin or Strandzha, Thrace? Bulgaria
Sapari (2*), Bat Teiman – Israel
Sej Sej Bob (2*) – A Taproot râčenitsa. seuBulgarian
Shibolet Basadeh (2*)- Israel
Somogyi Karikázó (2*)- seuHungarian – Update
Srbkinja (2*) – Serbia
Stamena horo/ Стамена (2*) Macedonia- (Shto imalet kasmet Stamena (S*) Bulgaria – Update
Što Mi E Milo (S*)- seuMacedonian & seuBulgarian
Strumička Petorka (2*) – seuN. Macedonian
Sukačko Kolo (2*), Sukačica – Croatia
Syrtaki (2*), Zorba’s dance – seuGreek
Te Aven Baxtale (2*)- seuRomanian Roma
Tino Mori (2*)- Is It a seuMacedonian Dance?
Tzadik Katamar (2*)- Israel
Ve David (2*) – Israel
Vulpiță, (Vulpiuță) (2*) – Oltenia, seuRomanian
Ya Abud (2*)- Israel
Yar Ko Parag (2*) – seuArmenian
Yaylalar (2*)- seuTurkish
Yugo, Jugo, Triple Hora (2*) – (???) Jewish
Zek Zek Dadumle – Song* with Čoček moves arr. by Steve Kotansky (2nd G*)
Zemer Atik (2*), Nigun Atik – Israel
3a. – LIVING DANCES
Áhi Váhi, Axi vaxi, Άχι Βάχι (L*) – Thasos, Greece
An Dro & An Dro Retourné, [L*] (Changerais Tu, Chañj Tu, [S**]) – Brittany
Armenian Shuffle (L*)- USA/Armenian
Ballos (L*)- Greece
Bar (L*), Par, Govend, Ververi, Mshu Kher – Armenia
Bilati (L*), Belati – Assyria
Brâu (de) din bănăț, Brâu bănățean (L*) – Romanian, Update**
Brâu de întorsură (L*)- Romania
Brâul (Brîul) pe șase (L*), Brâul (Brîul) (L*) pe opt- Romanian
Brâul de la Făgăraș, (L*) – Romania
Bugarka, (L*), Bugarcica, Serbia.
Čačak (L*),Чачак – Serbia – revised
Cadâneasca (L*)- Romania
Çayda Çıra (L*)- Turkish Henna Night candle dance
Chichovo horo (L*), Чичово хоро – Bulgaria
Cigančica (L*), Циганчица, N. Macedonia. – Bugarka, (L*) Бугарка, Bugarčica, Pešačka/o, Serbia – More Updates
Čoček (L*) CHORAL, Kjuček, Qyqek, Köçek; also Sa, Sasa, Opsa – Pan-Balkan Roma & Gadje line dance,
Čoček (L*) SOLO, Kjuček, Qyqek, Köçek – Balkan Bellydance
Čoček (L*)- Roma & Gadje – Macedonia, Turkey
Coconeasca (L*, 1*)- Romania
Corăgheasca (L*), Corăghește – Moldavia
Cumberland Square Eight (L*) – England & Scotland
Dabke (L*), Debke – Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Jordan – Revised and Expanded
Dajčovo Horo (L*) – Bulgaria, update
Damat Halayı (L*)- and other Clapping Dances
Dances of Moldova region, Romania (L*)
Delilo (L*) – Kurdistan
Devetorka (basic 9/8 dance) (L*) -Macedonia
Drmeš (L*)- Croatia
Džangurica (L*)- Bulgaria (Pirin)
Eleno Mome (L*), Elenino Horo – Bulgaria
Floricică (L*), the Genre, Song, and Living Dance – Romania
Freylekhs (L*), Freilach, & Hora – Yiddish, Jewish
Gajda (L*), Vallja e Gajdes, Γκάιντα, Гайда, Gayda, – Pan-Balkan
Gankino (L*) ганкино хоро- One dance, Two rhythms
Gankino (L*), Kopanitsa & more in 11/16 – Bulgaria
Geamparalele (L*)- Romania
Haj haj Bože daj (L*), (Rukavice) – Slavonia, Croatia,
Halay (L*) – West Asia/Eastern Anatolia
Hasapiko (L*) – Greece
Hasapiko (L*), Vari or Argo – Greece, revised
Hasaposerviko (L*)- Greece
Hora (L*)- Jewish & Israeli Dance
Hora de mână (L*), Hora de mînă, Hora Banateana, Hora din Banat, Joc din Banat – Romania. Staro Vlaško, Serbia
Hora Mare (L*)- Romania
Hora Miresei (L*), Jocul Miresei, Nuneasca – Romania
Hora/Ora/Joc de pomană (L*)- Dancing for the Dead; Banat, Oltenia (Romania, Serbia, & Bulgaria)
Ikariotikos (L*), ‘Kariotikos – Greece
Kalamatianó (L*), Καλαματιανό/Syrtó, Συρτό – Greece
Karagoúna (L*), Καραγκούνα – Greece (Thessaly)
Karsilamás, karşılaması (L*) – Greece & Turkiye Update**
Katjushka, Vallja e Katjushkës, Pajtushka (L*) – Albanian
Khumkhuma (L*), Խամխամա, Teen, Khamkhama, Tin Tin – Tom Bozigian brings a Kurdish/Armenian dance ‘home’.
Kleistos (L*) – Greece
Köçek (L*), the original Čoček. Turkish male bellydance
Kochari (L*), Qochari, Kocharee, (Քոչարի), K’očari, Köçəri, Kόtsari (Κότσαρι), Koçerî, Koçari, Koçarî – Eastern Anatolia and the Caucasus
KOLO (L*), Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia
Kopačka, (L*) (1*) Копачката, Dimna Juda, Za Pojas – Eastern North Macedonia
Kritiko Syrto (L*), Haniotiko – Crete
Kόtsari (Κότσαρι), Pontic Greek
Lad’s dances (L*, 1*) Legényes and Feciorește (Hungarian and Romanian) – Transylvania
Legényes – Hungarian
Lerikos (L) – Greece
Lesnoto (L*) is not a Macedonian dance
Lindjo (Poskočica) (L*) – Dalmatia, Croatia
Lorke (L* and 2*), Loorke, Լորկե – Kurdish/Armenian, Anatolian
Maleševsko Oro (L*) – East Macedonians
Malhão (L*) – Portugal
Malo kolo (L*), Мало коло – Serbia
Nijemo Kolo (L*) (Ličko Kolo) – Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro
Niška Banja dance – Serbia
Opsa (L*) – Serbian/Croatian-American
Ördög útja, Drumul dracului (L*) – Csángó
Pajduško (L*) – Pan-Balkan – Update
Papuri (L*) Փափուռի / Karsi Bar- Armenia, Kurdistan, Turkey
Perinita (L*) – Romanian version of a Pan-European Party/Wedding Dance
Pogonishte (L*)- Albania
Pogonissio (L*) – Greece
Pravo horo (L*) – Bulgaria
Râčenica (L*)- Bulgaria
Romanian Wedding Dances (L*)
Rusulena (L*), Ρουσούλενα / Kastorianos – Greece
Sa (L*), Sa Sa, Op Sa, Niški sa,sa – Serbia
Samokovsko horo (L*), Самоковско хоро (Biala Rosa, Gankino) – Bulgaria
Sârba (L*) – Romania
Šareni Čorapi (L*)- basic 9/8 dance
Șchioapa (L*) – Romania
Šestorka (L*), Шесторка – Serbia
Sheikhani (L*)- Assyria (also Kurdish, Armenian) – UPDATE
Širto (L*), ШИРТО, – Macedonian Bulgaria
Sousta (L*) – Greece
Spoon (Kaşik) (L*) Dances – Turkey, Anatolia
Sta Tria (L*) – Greece
Stara Vlajna (L*) (Vlaško kolo) – Serbia
Syrtó (L*), Συρτό – Greece
t’Smidje (Belgijka) (L*) – Flemish
Tai Tai (L*)- Greece
Tanzara (L*)/Tamzara/Tenzere – Eastern Anatolian
Ţărăneasca (L*), Rusească, Rusască – Moldavia
Trakijska Râčenica Na Horo (L*) – Bulgaria
Trakijska râčenica na horo (L*) – Bulgaria – Revised again
Tsakónikos (L*), Τσακώνικος and Tsakonia – Peloponnese, Greece
Tsamikos (L*) – Greece (Transformed!)
Tsifteteli/Çiftetelli (L*)- Greek, Turkish, Update.
Vallja E Rrajcës (L*) – South Albania
Ververi (L*)- Armenian Taproot dance
Vlaško kolo (L*) (Stara Vlajna) – Serbia
Zaplet (L*)(Hopa cupa skoči) – Serbia, Croatia,
Zeibekiko (L*) dance and Rebetika music – Greek
Zeybek (L*) – Turkish – Revised and Expanded
Zonaradiko/Koulouriasto (L*) – Greek Thrace
MUSIC
1. SONGS –
Biala Roza (S*)- Bulgaria
Changerais Tu, Chañj Tu, (S*)
Dimna Juda – Song for several dances called Dimna Juda – Macedonian
Dragana i Slavei (S*) – Bulgaria
Dujni mi, dujni (S*) – English lyrics
Flor Amorosa (S*) – Brazil
Hava Nagila (S*) – Origin of
Jovano Jovanke (S**,2*) – Macedonian
Karagouna/Svarniara(S*) Music YouTubes- Greece
Katerino Mome (S*)/(Ventsi’s) ARAP – Pirin, Bulgaria, REVISED AGAIN!
Keremejli, Керемејли (S*) Serbian – Kerem Eyle (2*)”Turkish” seuSerbian Update
Legnala Dana (S*, 2**)- Macedonian music, but whose dance?
Misirlou (S*)- Origin of
Moj Dilbere (S*) and the perils of translation – Bosnia, etc.
Na srce mi leži – (S*) – Macedonian – update
Niška Banja (S*) – Serbia
Shto imalet kasmet Stamena (S*)
Što Mi E Milo (S*) – North Macedonia/Bulgaria
Sukačica (S*) – Croatia
Yar Ko Parag (S*) music
Yaylalar (S*)- Turkey
Zajko kokorajko (S*)(Arap) – Macedonian
Zek Zek Dadumle – Song* with Čoček moves arr. by Steve Kotansky (2nd G*)
2. GENRES
Bučimiš music videos
Bulgar – Yiddish music
Bulgarian vocal music
Čalgija – Macedonian music
Doina – Romanian Blues
Greek Music
Klezmer – Ashkenazi (Yiddish) Music, Hassidism,
Până când nu te iubeam, (Hora Veche, Hora Anton Pann) ca.1850 – Romania
Rebetiko music – Hasapiko, Tsifteteli, Zeibekiko – Greek
Tamburica, Tamburitsa, Tamburizza, Tambura, Tamburica Orchestra
Sevdah – Bosniak Blues
Čoček, Чочек – the music
2. INSTRUMENTS
Balkan Bagpipes
Bulgarian music – Thrace
CLAPPERS; Krotala, Kaşik (Spoons), Castanets, Zills.
Dauli & Zurna – The Most Important Instruments in the World
Duduk -That haunting, soulful Armenian oboe
Five Romanian flutes
Fujara – Uniquely Slovak Instrument
Kemenche – Turkish viols
Lijerica – Croatian Lyre
Simple Wind Instruments
Tanbur family
LYRICS – ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
SUKAČICA – English lyrics
Áhi Váhi, Axi vaxi, Άχι Βάχι – Lyrics
Aj Lipo Ti Je – English lyrics
Ajde Jano lyrics
Ali Pasha or Arpa ektim biçemedim – English lyrics
Alta es la Luna – English lyrics
Bavno Oro – English lyrics (Snošti sakav da ti dojdam)
Biala Roza Lyrics
Bitliste Bes Minare – English lyrics
Brestaška râčenica – English lyrics
Çayda Çıra – lyrics
Changerais Tu, Chañj Tu, Lyrics
Cobankat – English lyrics
Dajčovo Horo – Ruma Moma English Lyrics
Dimna Juda – English lyrics
Djurdjevka Kolo – English lyrics
Dragana i Slavei (S*) – lyrics
Elmalarin Yongasi – English lyrics
Gerakina – English lyrics
Gün Ola – English Lyrics
Hora mare, Hora nuntaşilor – lyrics
Hora Medura – English lyrics
Joc de Leagane – English Lyrics
Kak U Klyuchika (By a Spring) – English lyrics
Kalamatiano – Mantili kalamatiano – Lyrics
Karagouna – English lyrics update
Karamfil – English lyrics
Katerino Mome – English lyrics
Kerem Eyle – English lyrics
Khumkhuma, Khamkhama, Teen, Tin Tin – English lyrics
Kirmizi Biber – English lyrics
Körcsárdás lyrics – Réten Réten
Kostursko Oro (Bisero Kerko) lyrics
Kriči Kriči Tiček – English lyrics
Lakodalmi Tánc – English lyrics
Legnala Dana – English Lyrics
Lerikos – Eba Sto Karo
Lorke Lorke- English lyrics
Louky – English lyrics
Minka – English lyrics
Misirlou – English lyrics
Mora Miresii – English lyrics
Mori Shej – English Lyrics
Neveno Mori, Neveno (Arap) – English lyrics
Niška Banja – English lyrics
Opa Čupa – English lyrics
Opšaj diri -English lyrics
Otvori mi belo Lenče (Vranjanka); the Story, the Song, the English lyrics – Serbia
Pet je kumi (v jedni kleti) – English lyrics
Primavera en Salonico – English lyrics
Sa Sa, Opsa, – English lyrics, updated
Sadi Moma – English Lyrics
Šano dušo (Vranjanka) – English lyrics
Šestorka (Oj,lele, Stara planino) – lyrics
Šetnja (Dodji, Mile or Prodje, Mile) English lyrics
Shibolet Basadeh – English lyrics
Shto imalet kasmet Stamena – lyrics
Sirun Aghchik (Sweet Girl) – English Lyrics
Somogyi Karikázó – English lyrics
Somogyi Karikázó – English lyrics
Srpkinja – English lyrics
Te Aven Baxtale – English lyrics
Tino Mori – English lyrics
To Ta Hel’pa – Horehronsky Čardáš
Tsakónikos (Su ipa, mana) (Kinísan ta tsanópoula) – English lyrics
Valle Zagorishte – English lyrics
Ve David – lyrics
Yar Ko Parag – English Lyrics
Zajko kokorajko (S*) (Arap) – English lyrics
LYRICS – ORIGINAL LANGUAGE
Koga ki odiš mome za voda and Rado le bela Rado – Two songs for Maleševsko oro
Réten Réten
Sapari, Bat Teiman lyrics
LYRICS – SINGABLE ENGLISH
Gerakina – Music & English lyrics
Horehronsky Cardas – Singable “To ta Hel’pa”
Kuma Echa – Singable English Lyrics
Lerikos – “Hop in the Car”
Pjevaj Mi Pjevaj (Ličko Kolo)
Pravo – Dimitro, Sino Dimitro
Samiotissa – Music & English lyrics
Singable English Lyrics – List of songs
SHEET MUSIC
Aj Lipo Ti Je – Sheet music
Ajde Jano SM
Ali Pasha Sheet Music
Bavno Oro – Sheet Music
Belasičko oro – Sheet music
Biala Roza Sheet Music
Bitliste Bes Minare – Sheet music
Brâul de la Făgăraș – Sheet music
Brestaška râčenica – Sheet Music
Brîul pe șase, Brîul pe opt – Sheet music
Bučimiš Sheet Music
Bufčansko Sheet Music
Çobankat Sheet Music
Coconeasca – Sheet music
Daronee Sheet Music
Dimna Juda sheet music
Dospatsko horo – Sheet music
Dragana i Slavei (S*) – Sheet music
Fjäskern Sheet music
Gerakina SM
Hora Mare (Dumbala Dumba) – Sheet Music
Hora Mare Bucovineana – Sheet Music
Hora Miresei Music and Sheet Music
Hora Miresii – Sheet Music
Hora Veche – Sheet Music
Horehronsky Čardaš – Sheet Music
Ikariotikos – Sheet Music
Kalamatiano – Mantili kalamatiano – Sheet Music
Karamfil – Sheet music
Karsi Bar – Sheet Music
Katerino Mome Sheet Music
Kerem Eyle – Sheet Music
Körtánc (Várba Harangoznak) – Sheet Music
Kostursko Oro (Dodek Je Moma) Sheet Music
Kriči Kriči Tiček Sheet Music
La Masa Mare – Sheet Music
Legnala Dana – Sheet Music
Lorke Lorke Sheet music
Maleševsko oro – Sheet Music and Chords
Misirlou SM
Moj Dilbere – Sheet music
Mom Bar – Sheet Music
Mori Shej – Sheet Music
Neveno Mori, Neveno (Arap) – Sheet music
Odeno Oro – Sheet Music (updated)
Opšaj diri – Sheet Music
Orient & Ciganski Orijent Sheet music
Papuri – Sheet music
Perinita Sheet Music
Pet je kumi – Sheet music
Primavera en Salonico Sheet Music
Rustemul – Sheet Music
Sa, Sa-sa – Sheet music
Sadi Moma Sheet Music
Samiotissa SM
Sandansko – Sheet Music
Šano dušo (Vranjanka) – Sheet music
Šestorka (Oj, lele Stara planino) – Sheet Music
Šetnja Sheet Music
Somogyi Karikázó – Sheet Music
Što Mi E Milo – Sheet Music
Tamzara – Sheet Music
Te Aven Baxtale – Sheet Music
Tino Mori – Sheet Music
Tsakónikos – Sheet music
Ve David Sheet music
Vulpiță – Sheet music
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Music-making in 1930’s Bulgarian Village
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