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Folklore from Bulgaria

We offer you a brief music walk across Southern Bulgaria. We present well-known folk performers from the Pirin Mountain, the Thracian region, as well as the Strandja Mountain, which are the three main folklore areas in this part of the country. We kick off with a favourite song from Southwest Bulgaria entitled Shto mi e milo, hem drago, performed by Lubka Rondova and Ivan Katzarov.

The song comes from Southwest Bulgaria’s urban folklore. It has a rich melody and represents a relatively new cultural layer of Bulgarian folk music. The region of Pirin, however, is still keeping alive the old folklore tradition of singing in two voices. Coming up next the Men’s Folklore Group from the town of Bansko.

In Southwest Bulgaria, women sing in two voices, too. Among the most popular representatives of this genre are the Biserovi Sisters.

The biggest folklore region in Southern Bulgaria is the Thracian one. The enchanting melodies and lively rhythms, which were born in these lands, have gained a wide recognition across Bulgaria. One of Bulgaria’s most popular contemporary performers of Thracian folklore is Danislav Kehayov.

The Thracian region is known for its rich wedding ceremonies, in which music plays an important role. Lively chain dances start meandering from early dawn on the wedding day. Interestingly, many young people these days choose folk-instrument orchestras to play at their weddings.

Southeast Bulgaria shelters one of the smallest folklore regions in the country- that of the Strandja Mountain. On the one hand, its folk songs and melodies sound close to the Thracian ones. On the other, the Strandja songs have their own intonation and rhythmic patterns. Thanks to a few popular performers from the region, the Strandja folklore has gained fans all over the world. We wind up our folklore feature with the voice of Yanka Roupkina, Bulgaria’s all-favourite female performer from Strandja.

English version: Vyara Popova
По публикацията работи: Albena Bezovska


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